
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">This is outstanding! Our Orange County (FL) library has the Melrose Center, which includes a full maker space with 3-D printers, laser cutters, and plenty of help for those who need it. I’m convinced that libraries are becoming more, not less, valuable in the digital era.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Curt</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">

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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 11, 2019, at 17:26, Dennisf63 via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org" class="">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">On 12/11/2019 03:55 PM, Daniel Dern via Ipg-smz wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">Fun stuff! (Happy to write more about this elsewhere, too, in case that doesn't go without saying (or typing).)<br class=""><br class=""><<a href="https://blog.grabcad.com/blog/2019/12/11/library-3d-printers/" class="">https://blog.grabcad.com/blog/2019/12/11/library-3d-printers/</a>><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></blockquote>Otego is a Village, within the Town of Otego. Population about 3,000. Harris Memorial Library serves it. I don't remember the dimensions (shame on me, I got it built in the '80s.) Maybe 2,000 square feet? Anyway, it has five or 6 computers available to the public, WiFi, and a 3D printer.<br class=""><br class="">Oh, and it has books on shelves, too.<br class=""><br class="">-- <br class="">Dennis Fowler<br class="">P. O. Box 70<br class="">Otego, NY 13825<br class=""><a href="mailto:dennisf63@wildblue.net" class="">dennisf63@wildblue.net</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">-- <br class="">Ipg-smz mailing list<br class="">Ipg-smz@netpress.org<br class="">http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>