The Westport Library hosted a panel on April 23, 2013 for the Inventors Association of CT. Bill Derry, Assistant Director for Innovation & User Experience at Westport Library, discussed how libraries provide spaces for informal learning outside of work and school. Maxine Bleiweis, Director of Westport Library, stated the library's commitment is to empower individuals with knowledge and strengthen the community through exchanging ideas dynamically. The panel focused on how libraries can serve as places for inventors, entrepreneurs, and others to collaborate outside of traditional work and school settings.

1. Inventors Association of CT - Panel
April 23, 2013
Bill Derry, Assistant Director for Innovation & User Experience, Westport Library
WHY
?

4. Spaces for informal learning
outside of work or school.
“As Marx observed, power
belongs to those who control
the means of production.”

5. Maxine Bleiweis, Director
Westport Library

8. The Library is committed to
empowering the individual
with knowledge and to
strengthening the community
through the dynamic
exchange of ideas.

18. Inventors Association of CT - Panel
April 23, 2013
Bill Derry, Assistant Director for Innovation & User Experience, Westport Library