Kim, Soo HyeonCopeland, Andrea2022-03-042022-03-042020Kim, S. H., & Copeland, A. (2020). Rural librarians' perspectives on makerspaces and community engagement. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 57(1), e351. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.351https://hdl.handle.net/1805/28051This study investigates eight rural librarians' perspectives related to makerspaces, community engagement, and youth informal learning through cultural probes and semi-structured interviews. Preliminary findings through content analysis suggest the importance of aligning the librarians and the youths' interests in making to support learning within library-based makerspaces and highlight the need to support rural librarians to develop STEM competencies and strategic partnerships.enPublisher Policyrural librariansmakerspacescommunity engagementConference proceedings