There are so many awesome resources out there, for makers of everything from
art to robot, that we thought it would be fun and useful to share a selection of our favorite ones here. Enjoy! And if you have resources you think would be useful for us to include, drop us a line and let us know!
If you’re in Tampa Bay, please consider adding your resource to our Tampa Bay Makers Consortium Directory!
For All Makers
- Fab Academy
- How to Start a Tool Lending Library
- Arduino Wiki
- Arduino Playground
- DIY Book Scanning
- Soldering is Easy – a Graphic Guide (PDF)
- Lifehack Lessons – for Makers of a better Life
For Young Makers/Making in Education
- CodeSpells - New!
- DIY.org
- Maker Kids
- Maker Education Initiative
- Design *Make *Play* Growing the Next Generation of Science Innovators (PDF)
- Innovation, Education and the Maker Movement (PDF)
For Makerspaces
- School Factory
- Hackerspace Floorplans
- Hackerspace Design Patterns
- Makerspace
- Makerspace Playbook (PDF)
- Founding a Hackerspace (PDF)
- Makerspaces on Scoop.IT
- Hacklabs and Hackerspaces: Tracing Two Geneologies
- Hackerspaces Wiki
- How to Start a Hackerspace - New!
- GEMSI – Global Entrepreneurship and Maker Space Initiative
- Makerspaces and the Participatory Library (Facebook Group)
- Creating Communities Through Libraries and Makerspaces
- Maker Librarian
Useful Articles & Talks
- Jeff Sturges – Strengthening Communities with Makerspaces
- James Carlson – Bucketworks
- Building a Makerspace inside a Library
In Tampa Bay
