In Fall 2017, our IT department approached me about expanding the district's 3D printing offerings to other branches. Throughout Spring 2018, I worked with IT, Program Services, and another branch to troubleshoot setup and maintenance of the machines at branches.
This past Fall, the printers were suddenly at the branches! The branches contacted me for training and best practices, so I scraped together a 4-hour hands-on training for 1-2 staff members per branch so they could get up and going with the technology.
I thought 4-hours might be overkill, but it seemed just about perfect to give the staff enough information to get going,without getting bogged down in the minutiae of what can go wrong with this technology (especially when working with the public).
Our branches all have Lulzbot Mini v. 1. This greatly simplified training. Now that the v.1 has been retired, we may run into a snag if we continue to expand our 3D printing services and throw a Mini v. 2 into the mix.
Training Overview:
1st hour: 3D Printing: an Ode. Your new printer! Your first prints!
2nd hour: Continue printing stuff! District Policy and You!
3rd hour: 3D Designs by You and Other Library Programs!
4th hour: Machine Maintenance and You! Also, next steps!
Here is my 99 slide presentation (for funsies):
I plan to follow up with our branches in 3-6 months to see how they're getting along (make sure they're printing things and trying new things) with the goal of having all the printers out for certified users by summer 2019.
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