As both place and service, academic libraries serve a vital role at the center of the university—as apoint of connection and possibility. In this article, we describe the UTA Libraries STEAM Camp, acollaborative project in which pre-service teachers designed hands-on STEAM workshops for campersages 8-13 held across various spaces in an academic library. In addition, we share lessons learnedand adaptations made across multiple iterations of the workshops and how we evaluated the impact ofthe experience on multiple stakeholders