UTA Libraries awarded grant to test maker literacies program

MakerspaceA UTA team will use an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant to identify and collaborate with three pilot sites to test the effectiveness of early-stage maker-based competencies, previously developed by a UTA task force, on undergraduate learning. Martin Wallace, Maker Literacies and engineering librarian at The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, was awarded a $49,800 National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute. Partners in the award are Gretchen Trkay and Katie Musick Peery of UTA Libraries, Tara Radniecky of University of Nevada-Reno, and