Local libraries around me don’t have the funding to keep things like tools and hobby equipment, BUT they do have a lovely book filled with tools and other hobby things and numbers to call, and the person who owns them will put you on the list to borrow the thing. Once had an issue where a 3d printer was being kept too long but it got sorted out.
It’s all volunteer stuff, the people who have the tools usually bring them to whoever needs one, and things are generally not abused by the borrowers.
I’d love if we could have a “library of things” associated with the public library officially, but this has been working for a few years now. It’s mostly yard work and household tools, but a lot of jewelry making and art supplies as well.
Local libraries around me don’t have the funding to keep things like tools and hobby equipment, BUT they do have a lovely book filled with tools and other hobby things and numbers to call, and the person who owns them will put you on the list to borrow the thing. Once had an issue where a 3d printer was being kept too long but it got sorted out.
It’s all volunteer stuff, the people who have the tools usually bring them to whoever needs one, and things are generally not abused by the borrowers.
I’d love if we could have a “library of things” associated with the public library officially, but this has been working for a few years now. It’s mostly yard work and household tools, but a lot of jewelry making and art supplies as well.