The Selby Public Library was the first library in Sarasota County, Florida and was established in 1907. The current building is the largest public library in Sarasota County and serves the downtown district of Sarasota, Florida .
71-713: The Selby Public Library (originally known as the Sarasota Public Library) originated when the Town Improvement Society established a library room at Five Points with a fund of $ 65, equivalent to $ 1,000 in 2023. It first began with a contribution of books and 51 subscribers. In 1913, the Woman's Club took over the library then eventually in 1915 it was relocated to the east wing of the Women's Club. The Sarasota City Council soon appropriated $ 150
142-459: A census and birth registration and planted 250 cocoanut trees along the shore. In 1915, ensconced in their new clubhouse, the Woman’s Club investigated better ways for parents to save on sending their children to school. They also sold Tuberculosis seals. Matters of health were big that year, with a speaker at the club addressing its members on the subject of health reform: Vital statistics and
213-496: A focus of STEM-rich Making. The evolving maker movement has generated interest for its potential role in opening up access to learning and attainment in STEM, with advocates arguing for its “democratizing effects" – with access to a makerspace, “anyone can make... anyone can change the world”. Makerspaces potentially offer opportunities for young people to engage in STEM knowledge and practices in creative and playful ways, where “learning
284-626: A fundraising strategy based on the Street Performer Protocol to build Metalab in Vienna , Austria, and became its founding director. In 2007 he and others started Hackerspaces.org, a wiki-based website that maintains a list of many hackerspaces and documents patterns on how to start and run them. As of September 2015 the community list included 1967 hackerspaces with 1199 active sites and 354 planned sites. The advent of crowdfunding and Kickstarter (founded 2009) has put
355-593: A greatly reduced price. Under the ownership of FST, the clubhouse has undergone extensive renovation and beautification, while still maintaining the exterior look and structure of the original building. Over the past 40 years, FST has established itself as a major force in American Theatre. Today, the Sarasota Women’s Club building features the fully operational 173-seat Keating Theatre, one of FST's two Mainstage performance spaces. FST’s Keating Theatre
426-843: A hackerspace is determined by its members. There is a lot of variety in how hackerspaces are organised. Membership fees are usually the main income of a hackerspace, but some also accept external sponsors . Some hackerspaces in the US have 501(c) 3 status (or the equivalent in their jurisdiction), while others have chosen to forgo tax exempt status. University-affiliated hackerspaces often do not charge an explicit fee, but are generally limited to students, staff, or alumni, although visiting guests from other hackerspaces are usually welcome. Some hackerspaces accept volunteer labor in lieu of membership fees, especially from financially limited participants. In addition, some hackerspaces earn income from sponsoring and staffing high-tech flea markets , where members of
497-566: A local hospital, registered to vote, and joined the FFWC (Florida Federation of Women’s Clubs) and GFWC ( General Federation of Women's Clubs ). The FFWC was most successful in their conservation projects, in particular their efforts to halt deforestation in the Everglades . The club continued in this vein of philanthropic work, founding the Helen R. Payne Day Care Nursery in 1938 as a service for
568-640: A new hackerspace in Nashua, New Hampshire , was shut down by the city after an inspection in 2011. The main issues involved ventilation of heat and toxic fumes; the space was reopened after improvements were made to the building. The difficulties with opening hackerspaces and makerspaces within non-profit organizations , such as schools and public libraries include cost, space, liability, and availability of personnel. Many makerspaces struggle to sustain viable business models in support of their missions. Hackerspace culture may have more demonstrable challenges than
639-427: A place to share resources for learning. Lately some have reconsidered their roles to include providing resources for hacking and making. Those generally call themselves Library makerspaces . For example, Chattanooga's 4th floor may have been the first use of a library as laboratory and playground for its community. The User Experience (UX) is another public laboratory and educational facility. Or according to Forbes ,
710-466: A premium since the building opened and various approaches have been tried to address this issue. By 2005, a two-hour parking was established with library-use-only enforced during the busiest season. The building's Youth Library, named The Calvin and Kathryn L. Bean Children's Room, features a salt water aquarium called the Dee and Charles Stottlemyer Children's Aquarium. The aquarium is arch-shaped and forms
781-578: A school makerspace inside Shenzhen American International School in 2014, and SZ DIY makerspace organized a school makerspace inside Harbour School. Fab labs are spaces (part of a network initiated by MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms ) whose goal is to enable people to "make (almost) anything". They focus heavily on digital fabrication tools. There are many community art spaces share values with hackerspaces. Some, like AS220 and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts have embraced Fab lab structures to expand
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#1732801279839852-581: A social center. In 1913 the Woman’s Club took over care of the library and started improvements on Rosemary Cemetery, which had fallen into disrepair. They also created a community work day “during which businesses were closed by order of the mayor and more than 200 men with teams and wagons created a park along the bay front between Main Street and the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (now Ringling Boulevard).” The following year, they initiated
923-677: A subject position beyond the common rhetoric that Chinese citizens lack creativity. As a site of individual empowerment, hackerspace and DIY making enable people to remake the very societal norms and material infrastructures that undergird their work and livelihood. The specific tools and resources available at hackerspaces vary from place to place. They typically provide space for members to work on their individual projects, or to collaborate on group projects with other members. Hackerspaces may also operate computer tool lending libraries, or physical tool lending libraries, up to and including creative sex toys in some instances. The building or facility
994-458: A year to locate the library in the old schoolhouse on Main Street rent free for five years. In 1940 the Women's Club requested that the city take absolute control of the library so the city moved it to Chidsey Library . As more individuals relocated into the county by the mid 1970s, the increasing need for additional books and materials was evident. The library soon progressed to the Boulevard of
1065-531: Is a historic woman's club in Sarasota , Florida . It is located at 1241 North Palm Avenue. It was founded in 1913 and on January 18, 1985, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places . The clubhouse is now home to the Keating Theater, the mainstage of Florida Studio Theatre . The Sarasota Woman’s Club started as a meeting of 63 charter members on April 14, 1913. In 1914 Sarasota
1136-465: Is and for the making”. However, an explicit equity-agenda has been fairly absent in the maker movement, especially as it relates to sustained engagement in making. The movement remains an adult, white, middle-class pursuit, led by those with the leisure time, technical knowledge, experience, and resources to make. Even with the growth of community-based makerspaces, users of these spaces tend to be white adult men. The median salary for those involved in
1207-457: Is it established.” The series opened on November 2, 1959 with a lecture by Dr. Alfred P. Haake, a businessman, titled “America Unlimited.” The season continued with book reviews, a demonstration by cartoonist Six Hix of Chicago , a performance of the Christmas play The Gift Supreme , talks, lectures, an art history presentation, and a seminar on business tips for women. All money raised that
1278-636: Is rapidly expanding their makerspace resources to include engineering spaces for all undergraduate & graduate degrees as part of their new Coll curricula. Tool libraries generally lack a shared space for making or hacking things, but instead serve as a repository of tools people can borrow for use in their own respective spaces. " Repair cafés " are semipermanent places where people can come together to teach and learn how to fix things. "Repair clinics" are pop-up events without permanent facilities, though they are often sponsored by organizations such as public libraries, schools, or universities. The emphasis
1349-553: Is the Crystal Ball: The People's Gala fundraiser The Sarasota Music Archive is a part of the "special collections" department of the Selby Public Library. The Sarasota Music Archive "contains several hundred thousand recordings, tapes, books, sheet music, and memorabilia". The Sarasota Music Archive merged with the Selby Public Library in 2000; although it was established in 1980. Mildred Petrie
1420-743: Is the cornerstone of FST’s village of 5 theatres, serving more than 230,000 live attendees each year. Makerspace A hackerspace (also referred to as a hacklab, hackspace , or makerspace ) is a community-operated, often "not for profit" ( 501(c)(3) in the United States), workspace where people with common interests, such as computers , machining , technology , science , digital art , or electronic art , can meet , socialize , and collaborate . Hackerspaces are comparable to other community-operated spaces with similar aims and mechanisms such as Fab Lab , men's sheds , and commercial "for-profit" companies. In 2006 Paul Böhm came up with
1491-644: Is the largest library facility in the County library system. Selby Library is a two-story building with a large central foyer enhanced by a mobile underwritten by the Art in Public Places program. Meeting space, including a 200-seat auditorium , is an important feature of the library. The Friends of the Library group operates a bookstore , the proceeds from which contribute to library enhancements. Parking has been at
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#17328012798391562-546: The Fab lab movement and implementation of similar spaces in universities around the world. Non-Fab-Lab-associated Maker and Hackerspaces are also common. Wheaton College is one school pioneering new Hacker and Maker curriculums and spaces, as is Yale University with spaces like its "CEID". Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering has also pioneered Makerist and Hacker curriculum to great success. The Bioengineering Department at
1633-530: The Progressive Era paved the way for women to become more socially active. The Woman’s Club succeeded the Town Improvement Society and in many areas picked up where they left off. Their Library Committee, Cemetery Committee, Juvenile Dancing Class, Education Committee, music committees and welfare committees ensured that within four years of the founding of the Sarasota Woman’s Club, they became
1704-542: The Red Cross Auxiliary and training classes for elementary school students. In 1917, sixty-one members of the Woman’s Club registered in the lobby of the First National Bank to help the war effort in whatever capacity they could. Registration included writing down any and all skills to be recorded and put on file. A call for other women to participate in this wartime registration appeared in
1775-487: The University of Pennsylvania 's School of Engineering and Applied Science combines their educational lab space with an open Bio-MakerSpace in their George H. Stephenson Foundation Educational Laboratory & Bio-MakerSpace (or Biomakerspace or BioMaker Space), encouraging a free flow of ideas, creativity, and entrepreneurship between Bioengineering students and students throughout the university. William & Mary
1846-611: The Arts site on June 24, 1976, and Sarasota County Historical Resources took over its operation. After a large contribution of $ 500,000 from the William G. and Marie Selby Foundation it was named Selby Library. The Selby Foundation provided the largest single contribution to building the Selby Public Library. Other funds came from city, county, and federal governments and private donations. William and Marie Selby had been boosters of Sarasota, beginning around 1910 when they first came and visited
1917-610: The Hover Arcade Theatre for a repeat performance. In 1977, the same year it became the home of the Florida Studio Theatre, the clubhouse received Historical Site status with the presentation of a Historical Marker. In response to the newly founded Woman’s Club, the Sarasota Sun conducted a poll asking a few “prominent citizens” their opinion of the new organization. Then-Mayor Higel praised
1988-472: The Saratimes. “Well,” said one resident female worker in the article (which was entitled “Attention Women! Are You a Patriot or a Slacker?”), “nobody plays a band for you when you go out to swat flies. Much of the work will be inglorious—but grimly necessary. A right to share in the glorious results accomplished should be compensation enough.” During the 1920/1921 season Woman’s Club members raised money for
2059-421: The Selby Public Library is a 501(c)(3) that has donated over $ 1 million to the library over the past 10 years. Donations include $ 15,000 in support for over 100 free youth programs and events, $ 4,200 for the presentation of more than 60 free special events and programs for adults and over $ 22,000 for the coordination, organization, orientation and support of Selby Library Volunteers. Their highlight event every year
2130-461: The Town Improvement Society, an organization of women founded in 1903. Their first project was to have sidewalks built along Main Street, where previously there had been sand paths. They continued on to install lanterns at the train station and organize the first community library. The Florida land boom in 1919 and the increasing political awakening of women in Florida from 1890 to 1920 during
2201-409: The Woman’s Club saying, “Best move ever made here. More attention given to their orders issued than to those of any other body.” Other government officials reacted differently, with Marshall Hodge reported to have said, “The Woman’s Club is all right; but I have troubles of my own,” with City Clerk Houle adding, “It’s a terror to the men.” In the same Sarasota Sun article, the husband of president of
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2272-631: The Woman’s Club took as inspiration a poem originally published in the Southern Woman’s Magazine entitled “What is a Woman’s Club?”: What is a woman’s club? A meeting ground, For those whose purpose, great and broad and strong, Whose aim is like the star: who ever long To make the patient, hastening world resound With sweeter music, freer tones. A place where kindly, lifting words are said. And kindlier deeds are done: where hearts are fed. Where wealth of brain for poverty atones: Where hand grasps hand: and soul finds touch with soul: Where victors in
2343-495: The ball’s Grand March and taking home Colonial hats as party favors. A hat show presented in 1950 was followed by a skit entitled “The Lizzie Dash-It Hat Shoppe” written by club member Mrs. Charles Wise. At evenings such as that, the club song would be sung as part of the festivities. The 1959/1960 season’s themes were “Investment in Understanding” and “Through wisdom is an (sic) house builded (sic) and by understanding
2414-418: The building is Tudor Revival . Part of the clubhouse was dedicated to housing Sarasota’s library. The Woman’s Club kept it in operation with fundraisers until 1940 when it became public. After 38 years of being open, the clubhouse was rededicated in 1953 after being remodeled and redecorated by Naomi Widrig, a club member. The occasion was marked by a musical number and remarks by A.B. Edwards, who had been
2485-579: The children of migrant workers and even adopting a needy child in France, for whom they then raised money and sent care packages. Today, the Woman’s Club supports the following state and national projects: Canine Companions for Independence , Special Olympics , R.O.C.K. Camp and Bogg Creek Camp, HOBY , Hacienda Girls Ranch, and the Everglades National Park , initially established by the FFWC as Royal Palm Park. Local philanthropies
2556-600: The city for winter. With money from the Selby Oil and Gas Company, the Selby's were able to invest much wealth into Sarasota, including the donation provided to the library by their trust. The current Selby Library building was designed by architect Eugene Aubry who also designed the Wortham Theater Center and Richland Library . Constructed in 1998 and at 73,000 square feet (6,800 m), Selby Library
2627-451: The club Mrs. Alice Gunther said, “A great institution for the town, but hard on the individual in my case, as I expect to be buttonless, sockless and half-fed for the next year.” In a similar vein, Sarasota resident Walter P. Bryan offered his opinion, “I have been married so recently I dare not say what I think.” On the whole, the foundation of the Woman’s Club was seen as a good thing for the community. Sarasota resident J.W. Madison admired
2698-469: The club announced the season to come in a statement issued by the planning committee. In 1914 the Woman’s Club sponsored a mock court trial. In 1921 they held a round table discussion entitled “The Censorship of the Movies.” In 1924 Princess Cantacuzene addressed club members and visitors in a speech responding to Admiral Bradley A. Fiske ’s statement that “of all existing matters, the one women understood
2769-835: The club currently assists include: the Sarasota County Library, a scholarship fund for deserving students, continued work with the Helen R. Payne Day Care Nursery, Oak Park School, The Pines of Sarasota, the American Cancer Society , Genesis Dental Clinic, and the Sarasota Women’s Legal Fund. The Woman’s Club of Sarasota currently supports the following organizations with donations: Safe Place Rape Crisis Center, All Faiths Food Bank, Resurrection House, Sarasota County Child Health Center, and Bay Pines Veterans Hospital. The Woman’s Club divided their calendar years into themed seasons. Each year,
2840-551: The club espoused a mantra called the “Brighten Up Rules”: That the Woman’s Club believes in. To Brighten Up myself—to be optimistic, cheerful and good… To Brighten Up my home and spread the Brighten Up spirit among my neighbors. To Brighten Up my business and take pleasure as well as profit from it. To Brighten Up my town and promote its social, Industrial and commercial progress. To promote the love of Nature sunshine and fresh air. To adopt Brighten Up as my slogan. In addition,
2911-659: The concept of fully open makerspaces within its agencies as of 2015 , the first of which (SpaceShop Rapid Prototyping Lab) resides at NASA Ames Research Center . In general, hackerspaces function as centers for peer learning and knowledge sharing , in the form of workshops, presentations, and lectures. They usually also offer social activities for their members, such as game nights and parties. Hackerspaces can be viewed as open community labs incorporating elements of machine shops , workshops , and/or studios where hackers can come together to share resources and knowledge to build and make things. Many hackerspaces participate in
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2982-427: The concept of learning by doing and peer-to-peer learning processes as opposed to formal modes of learning; sharing, solidarity and cooperation”. Hackerspaces have also been described as physical manifestations of the peer production principles. Large opportunity gaps in science and engineering ( STEM ) persist for youth growing up in poverty, and in particular for African American and Latino youth, and have become
3053-466: The entrance to the youth library. It holds 3,200 US gallons (12,000 L; 2,700 imp gal) of water, weighs 10,000 pounds (4,500 kg) empty, and is 4-foot-wide (1.2 m), 12-foot-tall (3.7 m), and 16-foot-long (4.9 m). Designed by architects Gary Hoyt and Jeff Hole with assistance from Kevin Curlee, Mote Aquarium Curator, the aquarium was funded by Dee and Charles Stottlemyer. It
3124-739: The extent to which they can be easily used, by anybody, as often or as seldom as desired, for the accomplishment of a purpose chosen by the user”. From a justice perspective, the open access is important because many makerspaces are pay-to-play. Examples of community-based making spaces include GET City and Mt Elliot , both in Michigan. Universities around the world have at different rates embraced educational possibilities of these spaces. Makerspaces provide colleges and universities with an inspirational environment where innovative connections between technology and curriculum can be utilized for experiential teaching and learning activities MIT has pioneered
3195-677: The first public library to open a MakerSpace is the Fayetteville Free Library. In response to the misogyny allegedly shown by the brogrammer culture that sees hackerspaces as "male" spaces, Seattle Attic was founded in the summer of 2013, as the first Feminist Hackerspace in the United States. They were soon followed by Double Union , in San Francisco. Their founding came as a result of The Ada Initiative, and their AdaCamp conferences. Which has also led to
3266-989: The formation of FouFem in Montreal , the Mz Baltazar's Laboratory, a start-up organization and feminist hackspace in Vienna, the Anarchafeminist Hackerhive in San Francisco, the Hacktory in Philadelphia and the Miss Despionas in Tasmania, Australia, and myriad others. Some public schools in the US now also include hackerspaces. The first high school to open a true MakerSpace was in Sebastopol, California , and middle schools followed
3337-695: The general public may buy and sell new and used equipment and supplies. There is a loose, informal tradition at many hackerspaces of welcoming visitors from other similar organizations, whether across town or internationally. Free exchange of ideas, skills, and knowledge are encouraged, especially at periodic gatherings sometimes called "build nights", "open door" or "open house" days. Makerspaces are increasingly being included as learning spaces in schools, learning commons , and other educational facilities. Hackerspaces are widely defined on hackerspaces.org as “community-operated physical places, where people can meet and work on their projects”. The exact functioning of
3408-919: The hackerspace occupies provides physical infrastructure that members need to complete their projects. In addition to, most hackerspaces provide electrical power , computer servers , and networking with Internet connectivity. Well-equipped hackerspaces may provide machine tools , sewing , crafting , art fabrication , audio equipment, video projectors , game consoles , electronic instrumentation (such as oscilloscopes and signal generators ), electronic components and raw materials for hacking, and various other tools for electronics fabrication and creating things. Specialized large-format printers , 3D printers , laser cutters , industrial sewing machines , CNC machine , or water jet cutters may be available for members to use. Some hackerspaces provide food storage and food preparation equipment, and may teach courses in basic or advanced cooking. The individual character of
3479-444: The incorporation of participants’ cultural knowledge and practices, a focus on new literacies; and valuing multiple iterations and failing-forward; and 4) Expanding the outcomes of making to include agency, identity, and the after-life of maker projects. Cutting across these areas are specific attention to gender and computer science, indigenous epistemologies and maker activities, and how makerspaces may ground STEM-rich making in
3550-448: The least, is war.” She used the club as a positive example of effective social change by women. The princess concluded that the admiral’s instruction that women “butt out” is misguided. The club would frequently host themed evenings, often costume shows. In 1916, a Mother Goose themed party raised the most funds of the year at $ 378.28. The 1919 Colonial Ball found between fifty and sixty couples—club members and their guests—taking part in
3621-510: The lived experiences and wisdom of youth of color and their families and communities. One emerging area of studies examines the production of an equitable culture in making, including in-depth longitudinal cases of youth makers in community settings, how youth and community co-design for equitable learning opportunities and outcomes. Hackerspaces can run into difficulties with building codes or other planning regulations, which may not be designed to handle their scope of activities. For example,
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#17328012798393692-557: The maker movement in the US is $ 103,000, with 97% of those who go to Maker Faires having college degrees (and 70% have graduate degrees). Only 11% of the contributions to Make Magazine (the periodical credited with launching the Maker Movement) are female. Thus, as the maker movement has become formalized, the powerful knowledge and practices of communities of color or of low-income communities have not yet become central to its discourse. Emerging research has begun to address how
3763-509: The maker movement might address equity concerns broadly. There is recent research in this area, which is challenging the field to consider new directions in the design of maker spaces, in maker space programming and pedagogies, and in how to make sense of the outcomes of making. These include: 1) Expanding what counts as making; 2) Design of makerspaces that foster an open, flexible and welcoming atmosphere to youth; 3) Maker space programs and pedagogies that support an equitable culture of making,
3834-430: The mayor when the club was first opened, and Mrs. Joseph Halton, the first Club vice president. Mrs. Halton, wife of a well-respected local doctor, was among the first to act in the space that is now the main stage of the Florida Studio Theatre in a play called “Sunbonnets.” “Sunbonnets” was performed first at the clubhouse (the general public could get in for $ 0.25 and members’ admission was free) and then transferred to
3905-417: The old clubhouse at 1241 North Palm Avenue, as well as adjacent buildings. In 1976, FST founder Jon Spelman saw a potential performance space in the clubhouse, which, at that time, was vacant and in need of serious repair. Patron of the arts Marian McKenna, whose fond memories of the clubhouse included receiving her first kiss on the premises, purchased the old building from Boomhauer Realty and sold it to FST at
3976-453: The prevalence of disease is awakening all Club women to the need of a reform on the lines of health purity, and very deeply did this lady feel on the subject that a broader education should be given the young people on the question of health and a one standard of morality maintained. 1917 and 1918 saw a continued effort on behalf of school-age children. Club members founded the area PTA, campaigned for compulsory school attendance, and organized
4047-565: The race for fame and power Look back in their triumphant hour To beckon others to the shining goal, This is a woman’s club—a heaven fair, Where toilers drop—an hour—their load of care. Today, the Sarasota Woman’s Club continues to host seasonal events to benefit a variety of local and national charities. In addition to the original Sarasota club body, the Golden City Woman’s Club of Sarasota was founded in 1962 to serve Sarasota County. Florida Studio Theatre (FST) now operates out of
4118-405: The range of media represented in their spaces to include digital fabrication tools. There are also community-based makerspaces focused on open-access to allow community members to address community-based problems. For example, to share resources and access to critical manufacturing equipment. Makerspaces could also be seen as spaces for the co-production of convivial tools that “foster conviviality to
4189-406: The space varies from place to place and is determined by its members and while there is no blueprint or set of guidelines to create a hackerspace, they generally follow a “hacker ethic”, which “include freedom, in the sense of autonomy as well as of free access and circulation of information; distrust of authority, that is, opposing the traditional, industrial top-down style of organization; embracing
4260-846: The spaces themselves. For more, see: Maker Culture#Criticisms. In 2009, Johannes Grenzfurthner published the much debated pamphlet "Hacking the Spaces", that dealt with exclusionist tendencies in the hackerspaces movement. Grenzfurther extended his critique through lectures at the 2012 and 2014 Hackers on Planet Earth conferences in New York City. Over the years, many hackerspaces have grown significantly in membership, operational budgets, and local media attention. Many have also helped establish other hackerspaces in nearby locations. A lot of places share values similar to those purported by hackspaces, whether or not they use that nomenclature. A few examples follow: Public Libraries have long been
4331-632: The status quo "from within". The first hackerspace in China, Xinchejian , opened in Shanghai in 2010. Thereafter a network of hackerspaces emerged, nourishing an emerging maker culture. By designing open technologies and developing new businesses, Chinese makers make use of the system, make fun of it, altering it and provoking it. DIY makers often bring and align contradictory ideas together, such as copycat and open source, manufacturing and DIY, individual empowerment and collective change. In doing so, they craft
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#17328012798394402-563: The time sharing with seniors at the Creation Station. Seniors are showing kids how to sew and kids are showing seniors how to use a 3D printer. It’s decreasing isolation,” said former library director Sarabeth Kalajian. Selby also hosts a number of art installations including a mobile by artist Tim Prentice (sculptor) called 'Just Browsing' as part of the Sarasota Arts in Public Places project. The bronze sculpture 'Sharing'
4473-597: The tools required to build hackerspaces within reach of an even wider audience. For example, Bilal Ghalib (who had previously worked on a hackerspace documentary) and others used such tools to bring the hackerspace concept to the Middle East . Worldwide, a large number of hackerspace or makerspace facilities have been founded. Nicole Lou and Katie Peek reported that from 2006 to 2016 the number of active or planned spaces increased to 1,393, fourteen times as many as in 2006. The US federal government has started adopting
4544-573: The trend. For example, White Hill Middle school in Fairfax, California has now opened up their own MakerSpace with a class called "Makers and Hackers". In 2018 Penketh High School became the first school to have a school makerspace in the United Kingdom. "Spark" was designed for students and the community being the first of its kind in the UK. In Shenzhen, China SteamHead makerspace organized
4615-557: The use and development of free software , open hardware , and alternative media . They are often physically located in infoshops , social centers , adult education centers, public schools, public libraries, or on university campuses , but may relocate to industrial or warehouse space when they need more room. Most recent studies of hackerspace in China—where Internet access is heavily censored—suggest that new businesses and organized tech conferences there serve to intervene in
4686-424: The women of the club, saying of the club’s formation, “Good thing! The Woman’s Club always takes the advance position in civics and so forth.” J.J. Merrill added, “Of invaluable assistance to the city, morally and physically.” W.T. Caven observed, “Every city that has been blessed with a woman’s club has been the one to show greater progress in its culture and municipal worth.” The Sarasota Woman’s Club originated as
4757-495: Was created by artist Bruno Lucchesi , installed in 2002 and depicts a family reading. Another bronze piece called 'Best Friends' depicts a young boy reading a book with his dog by his side and is by Chris Navarro. The statue was gifted to the library by Richard and Jean Ehlers and Family on December 14, 2000. Sarasota Woman%27s Club The Sarasota Woman's Club (also known as the Florida Studio Theatre )
4828-477: Was incorporated as a city and after two years of club activities, the cornerstone was laid at their new clubhouse at the corner of Cocoanut and Palm on January 1, 1915. As part of the ground-breaking celebrations, the first club president, Alice Guenther, gave a short speech. That year, on its two-year anniversary, the club had 200 members, owned a lot, and had moved into their newly built $ 4,500 clubhouse. Created by architect H.N. Hall and contractor George Lysat,
4899-437: Was installed on July 8, 1999, and tropical fish were added to the tank on August 16, 1999. The aquarium was dedicated on October 23, 1999. The bookstore at the Selby Public Library was renovated in 2017 to expand accessibility and improve visibility. A grand reopening was hosted on October 20–21, 2017. The Selby Public Library is the largest in the Sarasota County Library system serving a population area of 367,867. Friends of
4970-580: Was not put back into the club for day-to-day expenses was given back to the town, or to state work, or other philanthropies. To keep the public up to date on goings-on at the club, the Woman’s Club published weekly notes in The Sarasota Times , which was founded in 1899 as Sarasota’s first newspaper. The Sarasota Woman’s Club functioned under several codes of conduct. They published their constitution and by-laws in The Sarasota Times just after their founding in 1913. In addition to these rules,
5041-651: Was the founder and the original location for the archive was in a strip mall. There are 14 Board Members with varied expertise in music and a solid core of volunteers help maintain and run the collection. The Sarasota Music Archive is located on the second floor of the Selby Public Library, and sells vinyl LP's, CD's and other musical items in its store. Selby Library is also home to the largest "Creation Station" makerspace in Sarasota County with access to items like 3D printers , sewing machines, Cricut die cutting machines, virtual reality and more. “We see kids all
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