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Media Makerspace

Partnership

Why a makerspace?

Westborough Public Library Mission Statement The Westborough Public Library is dedicated to the promotion of lifelong learning, personal and professional enrichment, and a love of reading. The Board of Trustees and the library staff strive to ensure free, equal, and confidential access to all collections and informational services, to maintain the library building, and to anticipate and prepare for future library service needs in the Westborough community. Westborough Public Library Vision Statement The Westborough Public Library is a comfortable and welcoming place where people of all ages and cultures come together, in person or online, to experience the joy of reading, express their creativity, satisfy their curiosity, and create and share content. The library is the hub of the community, and sustains itself through excellent customer service, careful stewardship of financial and physical resources, and attention to evolving needs of the community.

Westborough TV Mission Statement WTV serves the community of Westborough through creation of broadcast media programming that is by, about and for the Westborough community.

We BOTH expand

• ur services with
• New

technology

• Programs
• Staff

Our Common Goals Are To:

• Celebrate cultural awareness and

diversity

• Create connections between

generations

• Share creative content
• Collaborate with schools and

community organizations

• Support local businesses and

downtown connections

• Be a part of town traditions and

town-wide events

• Utilize our physical space as

efficiently as possible

Pay it forward

• Opportunities for growth

and collaborative learning throughout the community

• Citizens will be encouraged

to become creators of knowledge, not simply consumers

• They will be able to share

this knowledge with others, thus improving the community as a whole

Backpack Journalist Kits

Provided equipment courtesy of WTV

• Two Canon Vixia video cameras
• Camera cases
• Vixia audio kit
• Tripods
• Two Canon still cameras
• iMacs with Final Cut X software
• PC with Windows 8
• TV monitors (digital gallery and

community bulletins)

• VHS to DVD recording equipt.

• Physical space
• Community Setting
• Learning resources
• Software/subscriptions
• Staff/volunteers

Provided resources courtesy of Westborough Public Library

• Community ribbon cutting

(7 minutes) at http://vimeo.com/ 86791133

• Facebook:

www.facebook.com/ MediaMakerSpace

• Website:

http://tinyurl.com/ westboroughmakerspace

More information:

Media Makerspace

Partnership mambrosino@town.westborough.ma.us