Planning and implementing a 3D printing service in a library may seem like a daunting task. Based upon the authors' experience as early adopters of 3D technology and running a successful 3D printing service at a large academic library, this guide provides the steps to follow when launching a service in any type of library. This book brings into one place all the guidance you need for developing and implementing a 3D printing service in any library.

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. 3D Printing and its Applications in Libraries
Chapter 2. 3D Printing and Printers
Chapter 3. Before You Can Print: Getting a Model
Chapter 4. What Makes a Good Printable Model?
Chapter 5. Estimating Expenses and Assessing Your Service
Chapter 6. Developing Your 3D Printing Services
Chapter 7. Policy Development
Chapter 8. Workflow
Chapter 9. Preparation and Staff Training
Chapter 10. Dealing with Difficulties
Chapter 11. Outreach and Marketing
Chapter 12. Looking Ahead
Glossary
Index
About the Authors

Justo Luis Gonzalez is a Cuban Born United Methodist minister, and is a retired member of the Rio Grande Conference of the United Methodist Church. After his basic college and seminary education in Cuba, he studied at Yale University, where he obtained three degrees: S.T.M. (1958), M.A. (1960), and Ph.D. (1961). In 1961 he joined the faculty of the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico, teaching historical theology, and in 1969 he moved to Atlanta, where he now resides, in order to teach at Candler School of Theology (Emory University). Since 1977 he has been engaged in two main occupations: writing and promoting the theological education of Latinas and Latinos. Among his numerous writings in the field of church history are his three-volume 'A History of Christian Thought,' and the two volume set 'The Story of Christianity.' These and others of his books have been published not only in English and Spanish, but also translated into Portuguese, German, Russian, Korean and Chinese. Catherine Gunsalus Gonzalez is Professor of Church History Emerita at Columbia Theological Seminary. An ordained Presbyterian minister, Catherine received her B.A. from Beaver College, her S.T.B. from Boston University School of Theology and her Ph.D. from Boston University. She is particularly interested in the history of liturgy and how it displays the situation and the theology of the people; the history of women in the life of the church; and the effects on the church of the assimilation of new cultural groups within its life.