Items at some libraries:

• Kill-a-Watt voltage meter
• Radon detector
• Telescope
• Microscope with slides
• Board games
• Cooking appliances
• T-Mobile-powered, infini-data hotspot devices that can fit in your pocket and provide Internet

my local library recently introduced a library of things and they’ve hit a fucking homer. It’s all either things you need for like 2 weeks out of 5 years (like a machine for laminating paper), expensive hobby stuff you can try out before you drop your own cash on it (like sewing machines or button makers) or full-on throwing a rager equipment (like a karaoke machine). It is such a perfect mix of things to get on a library model. If I ever win the lottery or something I’m buying them a whole makerspace department with staff and all the equipment you could dream of.

I made once the dumb mistake of getting my library card right before moving to another city, and never ever checked if it’s valid or repurposable since (three years now).

Well, time to fix that!

Damn I can’t believe people have this and don’t take advantage of it. As someone who lives in a developing country, even in a big city we don’t have the concept of a public library. I can’t even find books I want anywhere and shipping costs more than the book itself, which is huge if you factor in the difference in currency. I just read digital books now but it’s tricky especially for complex philosophical books where you want to go back and forth. Paper books make engaging with complex books easier.

Our library was an awesome source independent and foreign films. They were perfect shape bc so underused. We took out 10 at a time.