How to enforce policy and deliver excellent customer service at your makerspace.

Interviews with makerspace leaders from the International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces in 2018.

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How to script, track, and do all the critical and repetitive tasks necessary for a successful makerspace.

See the tutorial on checking the pH of the lye bath mentioned in this podcast, implemented at Case Western Reserve University's "Sears think[box]" makerspace:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12yhYuwYmoWiVjjP_QzPfNEv2MYJGQyvnADTSU9rW3LE/view

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How to keep people safe while using machines in your makerspace. Learn the 5 access levels we use to categorize machines, and how we use training documents and safety policies to interface with health and safety teams as well as legal counsel.

Read more about the 5 access levels, as implemented at Case Western Reserve University's Sears think[box]:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AjMgbkIPEcZdU7bm5drJqr8KWZ7cYen3lj_qWtoOPbo/view

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How to select equipment for your makerspace. Learn the ‘trifecta’ of makerspace equipment, and the criteria we use to select machines that work for both novice and advanced users.

Student Shop Manager's Consortium (SSMC) mailing list:

https://groups.io/g/myssmc

Student Shop Manager's Consortium (SSMC) website:

http://www.myssmc.org

International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces:

http://isam2018.hemi-makers.org/

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An introduction to Makerspace Podcast, the hosts, and the purpose of the show.

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