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	Photo by Gary Payne
 
Like Andy Warhol's art studio -- The Factory -- UNT's new creative space of the same name in Willis Library is a hub for art and design. Housed on the library's first floor, the facility is a makerspace for library users to create three-dimensional objects with tools such as a 3D scanner and printer, and to record videos and photographs hands free with Google Glass. This mashup of creativity and technology promotes self-directed experimentation and research and is helping UNT stand out.
"Libraries are shared places for learning and collaboration, and makerspaces are the newest kind of facility that libraries are providing," says Martin Halbert, dean of the UNT libraries.
Learn more about The Factory and other services the UNT libraries provide.</main-content></item>