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Sunday, 15 July 2018

Library of Things - borrow household stuff as well as books

Libraries of Things are community-run projects which let people borrow community-owned items for a small fee, for a week or so. Items can include musical instruments, camping equipment, household tools (drills, waffle-makers), arts and crafts and whatever the community makes available.

Inspired by @MooseAllain's post about a local project in Frome :) I looked for a directory and didn't find one so this is the next best thing. 


Google is full of suggestions, I just picked a few - another good way to find more is to do an image search for Library of Things and click on the different logos. Also search Twitter.

Community fridges (avoid wasting food within use by date)
Frome has a Community Fridge and Brixton has a People's Fridge. 

Libraries of Things
UK
Library of Things - Crystal Palace / Upper Norwood
https://www.libraryofthings.co.uk/

Share Frome 
https://sharefrome.org/

Borrow Don't Buy - Plymouth
https://www.borrowdontbuy.co.uk/

Local Tool lending library - worldwide
http://localtools.org/find/

Pimlico Toy Library
http://www.pimlicotoylibrary.org/

Oxford Library of Things (coming soon, as of Nov 2017)
https://www.lowcarbonwestoxford.org.uk/news/buy-can-borrow-coming-soon-oxford-library-things/
from Low Carbon West Oxford (see also Facebook)

Guildford Library of Things (opened June 2018)
https://www.guildfordmakerspace.org.uk/guildford-library-of-things/
https://www.guildford.gov.uk/article/21781/Guildford-s-Library-of-Things-Now-Open

Cardiff, Wales
Benthyg - benthyg@rumneyforum.org.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cardiff-now-library-you-borrow-13836782

Ireland  
Dublin Library of Things
https://www.weshare.ie/library-of-things

United States
Brighton, MI - Library of Things
http://brightonlibrary.info/library-of-things/

Capital Area District, Lansing, MI - Library of Things
http://www.cadl.org/find-books-and-more/lot-heading/browse/

Hillsboro, Oregon - Library of Things
https://www.hillsboro-oregon.gov/departments/library/explore-the-collections/library-of-things

Connetquot Public Library, Bohemia, New York (electronics / hardware)
http://www.connetquotlibrary.org/services/library-of-things/

Ann Arbor District Library - Unusual Things to Borrow
https://aadl.org/catalog/browse/unusual

Canada
Kitchener, Ontario - Library of Things
http://kwlot.ca/

Related
Repair cafes
https://repaircafe.org/en/

Restart Project
https://therestartproject.org/




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