Outreach and engagement to campus STEM groups using the library's 3D printer and scanner

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This poster session provides a case study of using a library’s 3D printer and /or scanner to engage and reach out to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) departments and groups on campus. Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Morris Library received a 3D printer from a non-profit organization and a 3D scanner from the Friends of Morris Library. The Science Librarian was put in charge of coordinating the library’s 3D program as it was anticipated that members of the science community on campus would be interested in 3D. There were many STEM related groups on campus where there was no active engagement with the library. The library’s 3D printer program provided a way “in the door” of these groups opening up further dialogue about the library’s other resources and services. Several groups on campus were targeted due to their potential interest in the 3D program and their impact on campus. Visits were made, emails sent, advertising generated, and suggestions given to

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