Digital Media Makerspaces in Libraries: Panel Discussion and Open Forum | Round Tables

With the advent of the digital age, libraries have lost their monopoly as the primary information provider.  Yet, a core mission of libraries and librarianship has become critically important:  equitable access to information, including the guardianship, preservation, and openness of the commons, coupled with education and information literacy as forms of empowerment.  The makerspace movement movement as a resource for content creation is a powerful response by libraries and librarians who face tremendous competition in a sea of digital content providers.