去年,美国博物馆和图书馆服务协会(IMLS)和美国国会创客核心小组、创客国度、创客媒介等组织共同举办了第一届国会山“Maker Faire”。活动包含了一系列小组讨论,向包括国会议员在内的公众展示了众多的创客成果。这次活动和哥伦比亚大学的创客活动、白宫的“国家创客周”活动一道向世人表明美国日益重视创客运动,创客对美国社会的影响也日益显著。IMLS负责图书馆事务的官员卡里根说,在当今这个更加注重共同创造的时代,图书馆应当为社会提供更加先进的服务——创 Last year, the first Congressional Maker Faire was co-hosted by the American Museum and Library Services Association (IMLS) and the U.S. Congressional Maker Core Group, Maker Nation, Maker Media and others. The event included a series of panel discussions to showcase the many Maker Achievements to the general public, including parliament members. The event, along with the guest-building activity at Columbia University and the White House’s National Maker Week, shows the United States has attached increasing importance to the Maker-Driven Movement and its influence on American society has also become increasingly prominent. Carrigin, IMLS official in charge of library affairs, said that libraries should provide more advanced services to society in this era of greater focus on co-creation -