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Growthzone
Play and tame maths anxiety
Maths,anxiety,taming anxiety,games,distraction,mindfulness
space,paper,wood,wool,building bricks,tetris,etc
Growthzone
Play and tame maths anxiety
Dr Chetna Patel
20180511 150653
Sharefair
sharing,exchange,learning,meet
rooms,spaces,sign up sheet,refreshments,schedule,whiteboard
20180511 150653
Sharefair
Daniel Oyolu
Media archaelogy lab for kids
Kids' Media Archaeology Lab
media,analog,youth
typewriters,walkmans,polaroid camera,wall space,cassette tape players,furniture
Media archaelogy lab for kids
Kids' Media Archaeology Lab
Daniel Oyolu
20180329 145450  1
Media Memory Place
old media,communication,computation
tables,stereoscopes,camera lucida,slide projectors,phonograph,available hall space,typewriters,casette tape players
20180329 145450  1
Media Memory Place
Daniel Oyolu
Empty shelf syndrome
Empty Shelf Syndrome
new libraries,imagination,art
empty library shelf,imagination,art,no books,interesting objects,patrons
Empty shelf syndrome
Empty Shelf Syndrome
Daniel Oyolu
2226559037 cca156c664 b
Reading Tavern
participation,nocturnal,cool spaces,unconventional,creativity,community
cozy chairs,reading lamps,Basement Space,books,bean bags (optional),tables
2226559037 cca156c664 b
Reading Tavern
Daniel Oyolu
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No Sitting Floor
space,nositting,ergonomics,repurpose
pillows,standing desks,yoga mats,no chairs,high top tables,"no sitting" sign,an entire floor of a library
3567108623 e938cd6a26 o
No Sitting Floor
Daniel Oyolu
Wifi cold spot
Wifi Cold Spot
disconnect,wifi,isolation,analog
paper,dim lighting,wood (or other materials for creating an enclosure),hammer,nails,beanbag,sharpies,EMF-shielding paint
Wifi cold spot
Wifi Cold Spot
Daniel Oyolu
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Library Island
park,environment
artificial turf
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Library Island
jess yurko
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Starting at Harvard in 2011, the Library Test Kitchen is a seminar and community bringing together librarians, students, and designers to discover innovative new programs, services, and spatial strategies for libraries. Participants created wifi-proof booths, study carrels for napping, and digital campfires for charging devices convivially. Over its life, the seminar created a pop-up library lab in a retail storefront space in Harvard Square, visited SXSW, and moved from Harvard to the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College. Now, it's forking again, into a cookbook in parts: first, this platform for sharing "recipes" for playful, participatory innovation in libraries; and second, a book, to be published by MIT Press. And you can contribute! Feel free to browse the recipes collected here—and to use them, share them, adapt them, and share back, by contributing recipes of your own!

info@metalab.harvard.edu
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