The Maker Spot

This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. (2015)

The Maker Spot was an idea that originated during the development of a partnership between the Tarrant Makers and the North Richland Hills Library. After paring down our ideas (yes, we did have an idea for a makerspace in the back of a semi truck!) we came up with The Maker Spot.

The Maker Spot is a community makerspace that is safe and free for makers of all ages inside of the North Richland Hills Library that endeavors to provide access to the latest technology and training to encourage entrepreneurship and self-education within our community.

The Maker Spot is a regional makerspace that will serve as a training hub and technology lending center for the North Texas Library Consortium (NTLC), which is comprised of thirteen small and rural libraries that share resources among their communities, including the North Richland Hills Library.

The Maker Spot opened on August 3, 2015 with a grand opening ceremony that was attended by city officials, library staff, community members, volunteers and representatives from Senator Kelly Hancock’s office.

Areas of Focus:
3D Printing
Audio/Visual Production
Electronics & Robotics
Soft Crafts
Team Collaboration
Training for Equipment and Software

Terms of Use:
This site is for discussion purposes only and does not represent the official views of The Maker Spot, the North Richland Hills Public Library or the City of North Richland Hills.

Any views expressed on this website are those of the individual post author only. The Maker Spot or The North Richland Hills Public Library accepts no liability for the content of this site.

If you wish to contact library officials or to request library services, please visit the library’s official website, www.library.nrhtx.com, or call the library at 817-427-6800.

The Maker Spot considers the following to be inappropriate content:
-Profane, obscene or racist content
-Personal attacks, insults or threatening language
-Speech that promotes hate of any kind
-Material that may not be appropriate for all ages
-Potentially libelous statements
-Copyrighted or plagiarized material
-Private, personal information published without consent
-Comments totally unrelated to the content of the forum
-Hyperlinks to material that is not directly related to the discussion or Library
-Commercial promotions, advertisements or spam
-Religious and political content

Postings which The Maker Spot deems inappropriate may be removed in whole or in part by The Maker Spot, the Library or its agents immediately upon discovery by The Maker Spot, the Library (or its agents) without prior notice. The Maker Spot reserves the right to terminate accounts, ban or block users who have posted in violation of this policy on more than one occasion.

PRIVACY POLICY:
Users should have no expectation of privacy in postings on The Maker Spot or Library sponsored social media sites. By utilizing these sites, users consent to The Maker Spot’s right to access, monitor and read any postings on the sites.

The Maker Spot’s social media sites may be considered public records under Texas Public Records laws. If requested, The Maker Spot must disclose public records to third party requestors unless certain exemptions apply.

By posting on The Maker Spot and the Library’s social media sites, users give The Maker Spot permission to use their name, profile picture and the content of any posting they make without compensation or liability on the part of The Maker Spot or the Library. This permission ends when users delete their posting.

The above statements were excerpted from the Library's social media policy. Please read the library's full social media policy here:
http://library.nrhtx.com/DocumentCenter/View/60

Please read The City of North Richland Hill's Social Media Policy Here: http://www.nrhtx.com/documentcenter/view/604