![]() Many Media Lab projects are already collaborating with libraries to develop tools and gain valuable feedback. ![]() Researchers here at the Media Lab are creating solutions to challenges that require community input, including preventing tick-borne disease, increasing data literacy, and engaging kids with code. If this sounds familiar, it’s because this is also precisely the kind of learning environment the Media Lab aims to be and design for. From maker spaces to recording studios to early literacy programs, libraries are working hard to create open, collaborative, community-oriented environments where learning can flourish. They provide far more than books to their visitors they serve as community hubs for social change and innovation. Here at the Media Lab, we are huge fans of public libraries. The project is coordinated by a small team from the Media Lab Learning Initiative and MIT Libraries The goal will be to build a community of collaborators across the library and Media Lab worlds. A series of online events and virtual hangouts for librarians and Media Lab researchers, to demo tools and provide a forum for conversation and idea generation.This will include how-to guides and kits targeted specifically at public library implementations. ![]()
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