Charlie Wapner

The Importance of Libraries to the Economy: ALA Releases New Publication on Advancing Entrepreneurship

I’ve made no secret of my love for libraries, and one of my favorite stories to follow here at 3DPrint.com is the ever-growing involvement of the American Library Association in creating…

More Progress in the Making: The ALA Helps Prepare Public Libraries as they Embark on Setting up 3D Printing Labs

The library has always been my happy place. Throughout my childhood, we made one to two trips there a week and my limit was a whopping stack of eight books…

US Libraries Begin Offering Free 3D Printing to Public Amidst Learning Curves and Legal Questions

What if all it took to gain access to the technology of 3D printing was your plastic library card?  Considering it’s been hard to even find a book about 3D…