{"id":4008,"date":"2014-10-16T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ttinvent.com?p=4008&#038;preview_id=4008"},"modified":"2015-11-07T07:28:29","modified_gmt":"2015-11-07T15:28:29","slug":"chattanooga-4th-floor-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/?p=4008","title":{"rendered":"005 &#8211; Meg Backus &#038; Geoff Millener, Chattanooga 4th Floor Makerspace"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><a id=\"backtotop\"><\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\" valign=\"center\" width=\"350\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/ttinvent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/005-backusMeg02_edit-500x335.png\" alt=\"005-backusMeg02_edit\" width=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4004\" src=\"http:\/\/ttinvent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/005-millener_edit-500x500.png\" alt=\"005-millener_edit\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/005-millener_edit-500x500.png 500w, http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/005-millener_edit-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/005-millener_edit-75x75.png 75w, http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/005-millener_edit-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/005-millener_edit-400x400.png 400w, http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/005-millener_edit-350x350.png 350w, http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/005-millener_edit-720x720.png 720w, http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/005-millener_edit-273x273.png 273w, http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/005-millener_edit.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\" valign=\"center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"smart-track-player-container stp-color-60b86c-EEEEEE spp-stp-desktop\" data-uid=\"76d28f56\"><\/div><div class=\"spp-shsp-form spp-shsp-form-76d28f56\"><\/div> <p><div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/table-top-inventing\/id924905062?mt=2&amp;uo=4\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-stroked\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2A339F;border-color:#222980;border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:6px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:20px;border-color:#6a71bc;border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none;-moz-text-shadow:none;-webkit-text-shadow:none\"><i class=\"sui sui-thumbs-o-up\" style=\"font-size:13px;color:#FFFFFF\"><\/i> Leave a Review in iTunes<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/p>\r\n<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0Get updates every week. <\/span><br \/>\r\n <span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Subscribe in iTunes, YouTube, or Libsyn!<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/table-top-inventing\/id924905062\" target=\"_blank&quot;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/ttinvent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/iTunes.jpg\" alt=\"Subscribe in iTunes\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ttinvent.libsyn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http:\/\/ttinvent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/libsyn.jpg\" alt=\"Subscribe in Libsyn\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=TableTopInventing\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http:\/\/ttinvent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/YouTube-Button-150x150.png\" alt=\"YouTube-Button\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 275px; vertical-align: top;\" colspan=\"2\" valign=\"center\" width=\"275\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">[<a title=\"Jump to &quot;In This Episode&quot;\" href=\"#InThisEpisode\">In This Episode<\/a>][<a href=\"#VideoInterview\">Video Interview<\/a>][<a title=\"Jump to &quot;Guest Bio&quot;\" href=\"#GuestBio\">Guest Bio<\/a>][<a title=\"Jump to &quot;Additional Notes&quot;\" href=\"#AdditionalNotes\">Additional Notes<\/a>][<a title=\"Jump to &quot;Text Transcript&quot;\" href=\"#TextTranscript\">Text Transcript<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 275px; vertical-align: top;\" colspan=\"2\" valign=\"center\" width=\"275\">\n<h2><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a id=\"InThisEpisode\"><\/a>In This Episode &#8211;\u00a010\/16\/14<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This summer, Table Top Inventing brought our Inventor&#8217;s Bootcamp to Chattanooga, TN. We had to swing by the famous Chattanooga Library 4th Floor Makerspace, of course! Listen in as Steve chats with Meg and Geoff about the changing role of libraries, the impact of maker technology on education, and the SnoriCam, invented by two guys with the last name of Snori who weren&#8217;t related to each other!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#backtotop\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ttinvent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/top.gif\" alt=\"Click here to go to the top of the page\" width=\"17\" height=\"9\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 275px; vertical-align: top;\" colspan=\"2\" valign=\"center\" width=\"275\">\n<h2><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a id=\"VideoInterview\"><\/a>Video Interview<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q5OQ9fYjxuQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gccrTLW1izg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"#backtotop\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ttinvent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/top.gif\" alt=\"Click here to go to the top of the page\" width=\"17\" height=\"9\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 275px; vertical-align: top;\" colspan=\"2\" valign=\"center\" width=\"275\">\n<h2><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a id=\"GuestBio\"><\/a>Guest Bio<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Meg Backus<\/strong> earned her Masters of Library Science from and has taught in Syracuse University\u2019s School of Information. For the past two years she has worked as the Systems Administrator and Chief Maker at the Chattanooga Public Library where she lead the The 4th Floor project, a public laboratory and educational facility with a focus on information, design, technology, and the applied arts. She has 5 years of library experience, having developed innovative, civic-minded library projects featured in Wired, on NPR, and in the Whitney Biennial. Meg explores and tests various service models for creative, open-ended public spaces&#8211;models which leverage community expertise, allow for growth and flexibility, and evolve according to local needs in ways that align with fundamental library values like inclusiveness, access, and cooperation. She thinks of libraries as active testing grounds for building the society that should exist.<\/p>\n<p>Meg loves to read and perhaps above all else is committed to remaining open to new experiences. She is just as interested in promoting opportunities to learn traditional crafts like weaving as she is in facilitating classes using Arduino and 3D printers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Geoff Millener<\/strong> was born in New Zealand, raised in Tennessee, and educated in Massachusetts. He attended Amherst College, where he spent a great deal of time reading, writing and being cold; he has since returned to Chattanooga, where he\u2019s employed by the Mozilla Foundation working to bridge the digital divide through coordinating the Gigabit Community Fund projects and building a Hive Learning Community. He also teaches an introductory class on 3-D printing for the Chattanooga Public Library\u2019s 4th Floor, which he\u2019s actually vaguely qualified to do.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#backtotop\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ttinvent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/top.gif\" alt=\"Click here to go to the top of the page\" width=\"17\" height=\"9\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 275px; vertical-align: top;\" colspan=\"2\" valign=\"center\" width=\"275\">\n<h2><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a id=\"AdditionalNotes\"><\/a>Additional Notes<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Meg<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MegBackus\" target=\"_blank\">@MegBackus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/4thFloorChatt\" target=\"_blank\">@4thFloorChatt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chattlibrary.org\/4th-floor\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/chattlibrary.org\/4th-floor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Geoff<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/gmillener\" target=\"_blank\">@gmillener<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/MozillaGigabit\" target=\"_blank\">@MozillaGigabit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>General<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lj.libraryjournal.com\/2013\/05\/future-of-libraries\/making-room-for-innovation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Making Room for Innovation<\/a> &#8211; LibraryJournal<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2014\/09\/makerspace\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why Your Library May Soon Have Laser Cutters and 3D Printers<\/a> &#8211; Wired<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenslighthouse.com\/2014\/03\/16\/real-life-inspiration-libraries-change-lives-but-this-local-news-story-about-andrew-ezra-and-the-chattanooga-public-library-4th-floor-makerspace\/\" target=\"_blank\">Real Life Inspiration &#8211; Libraries Change Lives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"#backtotop\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ttinvent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/top.gif\" alt=\"Click here to go to the top of the page\" width=\"17\" height=\"9\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 275px; vertical-align: top;\" colspan=\"2\" valign=\"center\" width=\"275\">\n<h2><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a id=\"TextTranscript\"><\/a>Text Transcript<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0Coming Soon!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#backtotop\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ttinvent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/top.gif\" alt=\"Click here to go to the top of the page\" width=\"17\" height=\"9\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This summer, Table Top Inventing brought our Inventor&#8217;s Bootcamp to Chattanooga, TN. 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