Lauren Britton is the Transliteracy Development Director at the Fayetteville Free Library located in Central New York.  She earned her master’s degree in Library and Information Science from Syracuse University in 2011.  She is currently building the first makerspace in a public library, the FFL Fabulous Laboratory.  Her research and work is centered on new directions in public libraries and librarianship, with a focus on how emerging technology can be used as a catalyst for community collaboration and participation in a read/write culture.