Guildford Makerspace

The Digital Do-It-Yourself Spark workshops for adults aim to introduce participants to creative making using all sorts of materials and digital tools. Digital technologies including 3D printing and littleBits electronics will be available within the workshop. Workshop facilitators will explain how these technologies work and can be used creatively. Within the workshop you will be asked to work in a small group of 3-5 people. A creative design challenge will be presented for your team to explore and you will get the opportunity to do some creative making and discuss the digital technologies available, your design ideas and the workshop outcomes. This workshop is part of a research project being carried out by the University of Westminster. The aim of the research is to explore creativity in relation Digital DIY (DiDIY). For us, the term DiDIY expresses how the growing accessibility of digital making technologies, alongside knowledge and data from the Internet and online communities, a...

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  Read, Watch, Play is an online reading group and on the last Tuesday of each month a different theme is discussed.  The theme this month is  #bookclubread and includes reading the latest recommendation fron The Richard and Judy book club Girl on the train  by Paula Hawkins or about someone elses book club Reading Lolita in Tehran  by Azar Nafisi.  Watching a DVD The Jane Austen book club  or an episode of The Book Club on Channel 4; it all encompasses Read, Watch, Play.  If you don't belong to a book club and would like to start your own go to  www.surreycc.gov.uk/readinggroups  to find out how. Join us @SurreyLibraries on twitter for #rwpchat on Tuesday 28 June from 9am-11am and 2pm-4pm.  Use the tags #bookclubread and #rwpchat as you tweet so that others can join in the conversation too.  You can follow the discussion on twitter at Read, Watch, Play checkout  Surrey Libraries Read, Watch, Play Pinterest ...

Are you a creative writer who would like to try something new? This session will focus on creating interactive fiction online using Inklewriter software .  Interactive fiction is a genre of writing that allows the writer and reader to branch off in different directions with the story, and can provide endless possibilities as to where that story ends up. This workshop session will include a brief introduction to interactive fiction, but the main focus will be a hands-on introduction to Inklewriter, with the aim of creating your own short piece of interactive fiction by the end of it. Computers will be provided for the session. This event is free but please book a place This session is part of the Caterham Festival 2016 #digifriday 

After the stellar success of our previous event during British Science Week, Guildford Library is hosting a brand new Jam!  We've invested in new supporting technology including more monitors and a local network to make things even better than last time.  Come along and learn a thing or two about your Pi(s), bring as many of your own projects as you can to show off or get help with, or just have a play on one. This event is for all ages.  (A Raspberry Pi, for those of you who don't know, is an astonishingly cheap and small computer that can be used in all kinds of ingenious projects).  Bring your own lunch.   This event is free but please book a place   #digifriday

Read, Watch, Play is an online reading group and on the last Tuesday of each month a different theme is discussed.  This month's theme is #songread and includes: reading a novel with a musical theme:  An Equal Music by Vikram Seth,  High Fidelity by Nick Hornby for example or a biography about your favourite singer.  Watching a DVD or YouTube video of a rock legend in concert or playing their all time best album; it all encompasses Read, Watch, Play. Join us @SurreyLibraries on twitter for #rwpchat on Tuesday 31 May from 9am-11am and 2pm-4pm.  Use the tags #songread and #rwpchat as you tweet so that others can join in the conversation too.  You can follow the discussion on twitter at Read, Watch, Play checkout  Surrey Libraries Read, Watch, Play Pinterest board or our blog for ideas.  Or just read a book about this month's theme to join in. #rwpchat

You can't open a newspaper these days without seeing something about the coding movement:  the desire to teach children not just to use computers, but to programme them.  Here is your opportunity to find out what this is all about. This session will take you through the very first simple project that the children do when they join a Code Club. You do not need to be a computer wizard. If you can use a mouse and a keyboard, those are the only skills you need in order to come to this event.   Cost: £3.30. Book a place #digifriday