Nos genero ergo nos sumus! — We Make, therefore we Are!

Gulf Coast Makers Quick Links

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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, curated by FCDI.

If  you have resources you think would be useful for us to include, drop us a line and let us know.

For All Makers

• 123D Circuits

• 3Ders.org

• Arduino Wiki

• Arduino Playground

• CodeChef

• DIY Book Scanning

• Engineering Toolbox

• Fab Academy

• How to Get What You Want – DIY Wearable Technology

• Instructables

• Lifehack Lessons  – for Makers of a better Life

• Mompact – Moms supporting moms in business

• National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science 

• Programmable Web

• RepRap Wiki 

• SearchCode

• SkillShare

• Soldering is Easy – a Graphic Guide (PDF)

• Thingiverse – digital design library

For Young Makers/Making in Education

• Black Girls Code

• CodeSpells

• Coder Dojo

• Design *Make *Play* Growing the Next Generation of Science Innovators (PDF)

• DIY.org

• DIY Girls

• Girls Who Code

• Herstory Network

• Maker Kids

• Maker Education Initiative

• Novel Engineering

• Rosies Girls

• Techbridge

• The Maker Mom

• Young Makers

Competitions

• 3D Printing Events & Contests

• Challenge.gov

• ChallengePost

• CodeChef -competitions

• Design Competitions

• Inventor Awards & Competitions

For Makerspaces

• AccessEngineering for Makerspaces

• Evolve Project – Changing the Way People See Libraries

• Founding a Hackerspace (PDF)

• GEMSI – Global Entrepreneurship and Maker Space Initiative

• Grizzly Shop Planner –  online workshop planning tool

• Hackerspace Floorplans

• Hackerspace Design Patterns

• Hacklabs and Hackerspaces: Tracing Two Geneologies

• Hackerspaces Wiki

• How to Start a Hackerspace 

• Maker-Hacker-Lab-Farm Spaces & Events Directory

• Makerspace

• Makerspace Playbook (PDF)

• Makerspaces on Scoop.IT

• Makerspace Resources

• MakerTech Resources

• School Factory

For Library Makerspaces

• 3D Printing Policy Considerations through the Library Lens (ALA)

• ALA Libraries Transform

• Building a Makerspace inside a Library

• Center for the Future of Libraries (ALA) –

• Creating Communities Through Libraries and Makerspaces

• Creating a School Library Makerspace (Library Journal)

• Design for repair: empowering consumers to fix the future

• Digital Inclusion Mapping Tool 

• EveryLibrary

• Geektastic Librarian

• How the Maker Movement is Transforming Education

• Idaho Commission for Libraries

• Introduction to 3D Printing and Public Policy (ALA)

• Libraries & Maker Culture: A Resource Guide

• Library Services in the Digital Age (Pew Internet)

• Libraries as Makerspaces

• Make it @ Your Library

• Maker Library Network

• Makerspaces in Libraries – Legal Considerations

• Makerspaces and the Participatory Library (Facebook Group)

• Mission of Librarians is to Empower

• Power of Making

• Renovated Learning – Diana Rendina

• Tools for Connecting with Your Community (Learn with Hid-Hudson Library System)

• Toward a More Printed Union (ALA) – 3D Printing in Libraries

• Unquiet Librarian

Useful Articles & Talks

• The Dilemmas of Maker Culture (Atlantic, April 2015)

• How to Start a Tool Lending Library (Makezine – May 2015)

• Impact of the Maker Movement (2013) – Deloitte Center for the Edge & Maker Media

• Jeff Sturges – Strengthening Communities with Makerspaces

• James Carlson – Bucketworks

• Makerspaces in the University Community – a thesis report

In Tampa Bay

• Backyard Workshop

• St. Petersburg College Library Innovation Lab – Seminole Campus

• St. Pete Makers

• Tampa Hackerspace

• Tech Garage – St. Pete