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Feedback: A Library of Tools (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by jeffhykin@lemm.ee to c/solarpunk

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I plan to speak to my city council about a tool library, and literally have citizens use their existing library card to checkout tools. To make the idea a bit more robust, I'm also planning to require citizens deposit something as collateral when checking out a tool.

However.

I live in Texas (I love Texas). Thankfully my city council is receptive, but I know they're going to need compelling evidence before approving something like this.

So, if you guys have any examples, or advice, particularly of this kind of system working in the US, I would love to hear about it!

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[–] perestroika 2 points 11 months ago

It might not be relevant to the conditions at your place, but in the city nearest to where I live (Tallinn, capital of Estonia), there is a library that lends out tools. It's the Pelguranna library, a branch of the Tallinn Central Library, and the only English description I could dredge up is this one:

https://keskraamatukogu.ee/en/kojulaenutus-2-2/toolbox/