Sabrina Harrington Shares About Wilmington Library's MakerSpace
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"[MakerSpace] is very accessible and anybody can use any of this," said Sabrina Harrington, Marketing Specialist and Community Outreach Director of the Wilmington Public Library, located at 268 N South Street. Sabrina is one of three individuals who operate MakerSpace, a “hub for innovation and collaborative learning” where community members can create projects, crafts, and more. The space features eight stations that anyone with a library card can use to create projects.
Sabrina grew up in Wilmington, graduated from Wilmington College, and even worked for Main Street Wilmington. She later moved to Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband for almost three years, before moving back to Wilmington and taking on her current position at the library.
The Wilmington Public Library opened at its current location in 1904, two years after a donation of $10,000 from Andrew Carnegie enabled its construction. Since then, the library has focused on growing its offerings from books to even more resources for the community. The library has a library of items that individuals can check out, programming for people of all ages, several clubs, story times, kindergarten preparedness, and more. Excluding the MakerSpace, all of the resources offered are free to those with a library card.
MakerSpace was started in March of 2025 due to funding from Friends of the Library, although the idea began several years before that. The space features eight stations and only charges users the cost of the materials. The stations include a button maker, badge maker, 3D printer, large format printer, media converter, laminating machine, Cricut Maker 3, Heat Press, and a comb book binder.
Individuals can make buttons, badges, vinyl banners, poster paper, and more. At the media conversion station, users can convert files from VHS, cassette tapes, or other, to digital files. The space holds walk-in hours on Fridays and can be used by appointment for rest of week.
Sabrina stated, “[Community support] has made [Maker- Space] a great success… Like it has been wonderful to see the community take hold of this and get excited about it… It’s just kind of slowly grown because of the community’s excitement.”
To learn more about the Wilmington Public Library or MakerSpace, visit wilmington.lib.oh.us.