[CASL-L] MakerSpace grants

[Christine Sarrazin]

Greetings all,

Below please see a response to this thread from my CLC colleague, Connie Sear, regarding discounts on 3D printers.
At this point we do not have grant information, but will include research on that in our ongoing investigation/savings efforts around MakerSpace supplies and equipment.
For more information, please contact Connie at csear at ctlibrarians.org or 860.344.8777 x104.

Christine Sarrazin
Coordinator, Communications & Marketing
Connecticut Library Consortium
234 Court St, Middletown, CT 06457
860.344.8777 x105
csarrazin at ctlibrarians.org
www.ctlibrarians.org



> CLC is in the process of working out an agreement with ACT in Connecticut for discounts on 3-D printers for CLC members. ACT is a full service organization which can also provide service/repairs on the printers. I  am expecting some initial info on models and base pricing by the end of the week (tomorrow) on the 3 models they offer which seem suited to libraries/maker space usage. These range in price (retail) from $2500 to $4000. As soon as I have info I will get it to you.
>  
> Please let me know if there is any other info you need.
> Connie
>  
> A.Constance Sear
> Director of Product Research & Purchasing
>  
> Connecticut Library Consortium
> 234 Court Street
> Middletown, CT  06457
> (860)344-8777 office 
> www.ctlibrarians.org
>   





On Oct 3, 2013, at 1:51 PM, Ben Ide wrote:

> I'd recommend getting in contact with the folks at CLC http://ctlibrarians.org/
> 
> They might have some assistance for grants but I know they're going to be doing bulk purchasing for maker equipment for member discounts. And the MakerSpace conference that they did for Trendspotting this week was great!
> 
> 
> Ben Ide
> University of Hartford Libraries
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Cathy Andronik <cathyandronik at yahoo.com> wrote:
> One of our teachers and I are about to start looking into technolgy/MakerSpace-type grants to purchase a 3D printer.  I've skimmed the usual suspects (CASL, ALA, AASL, YALSA, ISTE, CECA) without seeing anything that looks likely.  Any suggestions?  The printer costs about $2500.
>  
> Cathy Andronik
> Brien McMahon HS
> 
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