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Belgrade library to expand makerspace and programs after steady foundation donations; hires and summer workers funded
Summary
The library outlined foundation and donor support for makerspace equipment, subscriptions and staff; purchases include a 3D printer and Cricut, LinkedIn Learning access, a new library specialist starting in March and $13,500 set aside for short-term summer workers.
Elena, the library director, provided an itemized summary of recent donations and how the foundations support is being used to expand the librarys makerspace and programming. She said the makerspace allocation was originally about $11,000 and that purchases have reduced the balance to roughly $9,345 after buying a 3D printer and other equipment.
"We've already purchased our 3D printer,"…
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