The Spark is a technology division within UNT Libraries whose primary focus is to provide an equipped technological experience for the UNT student body. The Spark is comprised of two groups, the Makerspace and the Service Desk. Both groups are focused on providing technology resources to students in order to enhance their experience while at UNT. As a unique combination of a hands-on learning lab and a library circulating collection, The Spark overarching mission is to promote the cooperative and creative use of technology to support the continual development of digital fluency for UNT students, faculty, and staff.

• The Makerspace is a hands-on learning lab with a mission to ignite imagination, increase digital fluency, inspire explorative learning, support resume building, and encourage personal growth and development of a maker mindset.
• The Service Desk is an all-around information hub that focuses on meeting educational and traditional technology needs, including but not limited to assistance with eLearning systems, paper printing, laptops, desktops and has mission to encourage the development of a foundation of technical competencies for the educational and professional growth of the UNT student body.

The two groups work together to provide outstanding service and technology for the UNT community.

Our team members come from diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise. You can easily identify them from their grey vests, and they will always be happy to assist you!

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Hours of Operation 

The Hours of Operation for each Spark group is listed in the Library calendar. Please note the Makerspace has two locations, one in Willis 135 and one in Discovery Park M130. Our Discovery Park location is under construction summer 2022 with a tentative reopening plan for sometime in Fall 2022.

You can follow what is happening in the Makerspace on our Blog and through our Podcast UNT MindSpark

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