Library DIY lets you make stuff

Gather, create, invent and learn at Cornell University Library’s new pop-up makerspace.

Makerspaces are do-it-yourself areas, equipped with supplies, where people with any level of experience can drop in, mess around, work together and make things.

This semester, the library is piloting a portable makerspace kit, including a 3-D printer and scanner, Arduino and Littlebits microelectronics kits, craft supplies for button making, basic hardware tools and more.

Starting this week at Mann Library, making programs and open events will be held on #TinkerThursdays from 4:30 to 6 p.m. and #FabricationFridays from noon to 1 p.m. Watch for the makerspace at a rotating lineup of campus libraries every other week.