Abstract Public libraries are increasingly investing in makerspaces and seeking to evaluate their offerings. Defining success is the first step of the evaluation process yet proves difficult due to the heterogeneity of making participants and purposes and the individualized, self-directed nature of makerspace participation. This study identified and compared seven evaluative criteria that represented participants' and library definitions of success for one public library makerspace. Findings revealed that at least one criterion drawn from library objectives was relevant for each participant in the sample, yet none of the seven criteria was relevant for every participant. In an evaluation, drawing criteria exclusively from library objectives and/or applying criteria uniformly could underestimate the benefits of the makerspace. Drawing criteria from both library and participant perspectives and using individualized criteria that vary across the population could yield an assessment that reflects the breadth of purposes and benefits associated with the makerspace.

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定义公共图书馆创客空间的成功：参与者定义的个性化评估标准的含义

摘要 公共图书馆越来越多地投资于创客空间并寻求评估他们的产品。定义成功是评估过程的第一步，但由于参与者和目的的异质性以及创客空间参与的个性化、自我导向的性质，证明是困难的。本研究确定并比较了代表参与者和图书馆对公共图书馆创客空间成功定义的七个评估标准。结果表明，从图书馆目标中提取的至少一个标准与样本中的每个参与者相关，但七个标准中没有一个与每个参与者相关。在评估中，完全根据图书馆目标制定标准和/或统一应用标准可能会低估创客空间的收益。