Why a mobile makerspace?

Milwaukee County's citizens want to learn to use technology, make things with their hands, create, dream, and experiment. For fun, for job advancement, for college and career readiness; to stay connected and build connections. Milwaukee County's public libraries want to offer free programming that allow people to do just that. 

To save public libraries from having to invest in equipment and training, and dedicate space to maker technologies, we envision a mobile makerspace to be shared by all Milwaukee County public libraries. 

To help defeat the Zombies of Inequity that plague our large, urban and diverse county, we seek to further the mission of all public libraries to make resources available at no cost to help people learn, grow and succeed.

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Meet the Team

Members of the MKE Mixers Committee work at libraries throughout the Milwaukee County Federated Library System.
We're always looking for new members, so email mkemixers@gmail.com with your contact info and a Mixers Team Member will get back to you shortly! Any MCFLS staff member is eligible to join.

Allie
Library Reference Assistant
Milwaukee Public Library

​​Cat
Children's Librarian
Milwaukee Public Library

​​Gloria
Reference Librarian
Greenfield Public Library

​​Jessica
Youth Services Librarian
St. Francis Public Library

​Melody
Head of Adult Services
North Shore Library​

​Nancy
Library Reference Assistant
Milwaukee Public Library

​Tara
Teen/Adult Services Librarian
Greendale Library

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Meet the Founders

​ILEAD Team 2015

Beth Henika
North Shore
Library

​Krista Hutley
Whitefish Bay
Public Library

​Emily Vierya
Shorewood
Public Library

Joy Schwartz
Team Mentor
Winnefox
Library System
​(front)

Sandra Speare
Greendale
Middle School
(back)

​Jennifer Loeffel
Franklin
Public Library

MKE Mixers is a project developed out of ILEAD-USA WI 2015.  In 2018, the MKE Mixers program was adopted by the Library Director Advisory Committee of Milwaukee County Federated Library System (MCFLS) to serve the public libraries throughout the Milwaukee region. The MKE Mixers committee is comprised of librarians and library staff members from throughout MCFLS.

Learn more about ILEAD here.
WEMTA 2016 Presentation
Poster Session 2016 PDF
Data Visualization - Evaluation Survey for Library Staff (April 2017)