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Makers and designers

State Library resources and supports all Queenslanders to participate in the design of their cultural experience.

People learning how to use the laser cutter in the Edge.

An open access community makerspace with equipment, tools, and space available to anyone with a creative idea.

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Digital Media Lab

Access a suite of workstations with a range of professional and free software to realise your ideas.

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Recording studio

A near professional environment for recording, editing and mixing sound.

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Make and design blog

Keep up to date with the latest ideas explored in the make and design space.

Great and Grand Rumpus

Community engagement

Making is all about community and we work together with the public to make amazing things happen. Come along and join in the fun.

Handtools induction page on the SLQ Wiki

The SLQWiki is a collection of resources for anyone and everyone to access, exploring how to make, design and create in the new digital frontier.

Station worker Kate Hunter mourning a dead Brahman mother and her calf after the floods on Gipsy Plains Station

80Hz: Sound Lab 2.0

80Hz: Sound Lab 2.0 takes images from State Library's collection and digitally translates them into musical compositions using metadata.

In the Magnificent Makers exhibition. Photo by Josef Ruckli.

Tunley Globe digitisation project

The Queensland Library Foundation (QLF) funding of the Tunley Globe digitisation project at State Library of Queensland has opened up a window into the exciting possibilities of photogrammetry and 3D printing technologies for this unique piece.

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What's on

From projects, workshops, lab inductions and meetups, there is something for everyone that wants to get involved.