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A neighbor was talking about the tool lending libraries in Oakland and Berkley, CA. Would folks be interested in running a similar experiment at Mitchell Library?
A neighbor was talking about the tool lending libraries in Oakland and Berkley, CA. Would folks be interested in running a similar experiment at Mitchell Library?
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Noxinwj (Registered User)
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suzanne stack (Registered User)
Andy O (Registered User)
Fair Havener (Registered User)
Noxinwj (Registered User)
Chris Heitmann (Registered User)
Aly (Registered User)
cool!! I would use this service. I'd even pay a low monthly fee.
Maybe the Make Haven folks could help brainstorm on this.
An anonymous SeeClickFix user (Registered User)
I would definitely want to work on this together. I want to talk to Martha Brogan, the head librarian, now that there seems to be interest as well. I am going to cross post this issue on the Oakland SCF page to see if we can get some advice from Oaklanders as well.
DimondDog (Registered User)
Andy O (Registered User)
Neighbor (Registered User)
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Chris Heitmann (Registered User)
Mark (Registered User)
Leleane (Registered User)
BenHV (Registered User)
Welcome to the neighborhood. We never got it going. I would still love to see it happen!
Andy O (Registered User)
Take care,
Andy
Maria (Registered User)
Noxinwj (Registered User)
Hi Maria - welcome to Westville and to MakeHaven. I'm in a good place to talk about Make and know we have some early discussions going with other local institutions about improving access to tools and spaces to work. But I don't see a near future in which it pushes out a lending library. (lots of complicating factors). But, generally, MakeHaven is a great resource for getting access to expensive tools without buying them. About as close to a Tool Library as we have for now.
Your idea of a website is a great one. I had a similar thought and got directed to NeighborGoods.net while researching existing solutions. It validated my concept, but I didn't look deeply into it. Would love to hear more if you have the time to check it out.
Andy O (Registered User)
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