Creative Spaces
Welcome to Creative Spaces at BPL!
Access tools and resources to expand your critical thinking, collaborative, creative, and entrepreneurial skills. Our Creative Spaces are for all members of our community.
Whether you are a DIY expert, looking to learn a new skill, or just curious about making - all are welcome. Embrace your creativity and learn a new skill in an innovative and fun way! Create your own gift, tackle that DIY project, or learn about a new tool.
Plan Your Visit
Drop in when the library is open to try out the tools in our Creative Spaces and get creative with some hands-on fun. Looking to make use of a specific tool or equipment? Be sure to look at the Available Tools listed for details about availability and location. See our library hours for times to visit.
The use of all of our equipment is free of charge, and we invite members of the community to explore and learn with many of our materials. For those who are looking to do projects or large quantity creation, please bring your own supplies to make use of with our equipment or speak with staff about associated costs.
Never used the equipment before and not sure how to begin? Take a look through our instructional guides or watch our online tutorials on the BPL Digital Library Academy to get started. We encourage everyone to embrace their inner adventurer and be willing to go boldly into the unknown - there is no such thing as failure with DIY, just learning and fun!
Available Tools
Learn and Discover
Expand your skills, explore your interests, challenge yourself and learn something new!
- LinkedIn Learning provides a ton of training tutorials ranging from a few minutes to hours of tips and advice. That’s what makes it so great - there are in-depth courses if you want to devote time to learning something, or you can do a search and dip quickly into a relevant chapter. Learn more about LinkedIn Learning.
- Creativebug puts creativity at your fingertips. This easy-to-use, instructional video platform is updated daily and has a library of well over 1,000 projects. Once you’ve found the video project you want to dive into, you can also view the transcript of the video, grab any templates, patterns or recipes needed, and go from there. Learn more about Creativebug.
- Visit our BPL Program Portal to view a variety of maker programs created by BPL staff.