List of tool-lending libraries

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The following tool-lending libraries allow library patrons to borrow tools, equipment and "how-to" instructional materials, usually free of charge.

One of the first tool libraries was the Berkeley Tool Lending Library], which started in 1979 with a $30,000 community block grant.^[1][2]

A variation of the tool lending library model exists in Atlanta, Georgia. At the Atlanta Community ToolBank, the tools are reserved for use by nonprofit and other community-based organizations who are performing volunteer and facility maintenance projects. The ToolBank tool inventory is not available to individuals.

Contents 1 Australia 2 Canada 3 United States 3.1 California 3.2 Georgia 3.3 Kansas 3.4 Maryland 3.5 Michigan 3.6 Missouri 3.7 Montana 3.8 New York 3.9 Ohio 3.10 Oregon 3.11 Pennsylvania 3.12 Utah 3.13 Vermont 3.14 Washington 4 References

[edit] Australia

• Maribyrnong City Council, Melbourne, Victoria - Braybrook Community Centre's Tool Library, a nonprofit community service managed by volunteers. Woodwork facilities can be hired for classes and activities.^[3]

[edit] Canada

• Thompson, Manitoba - Thompson Public Library's Tool Lending Program^[4]
• Ottawa - Ottawa Public Library - pedometers, energy meters

[edit] United States

[edit] California

• Berkeley - Berkeley Public Library's Tool Lending Library (at South Branch)
• Oakland - Oakland Public Library's Temescal Tool Lending Library
• San Francisco - San Francisco Tool Lending Center (moving to new location and not currently open to the public)
• Santa Clara - Silicon Valley Power Tool Lending Library (energy-related only)
• Loma Linda - Loma Linda Redevelopment Agency's Tool Lending Library

[edit] Georgia

• Atlanta - Atlanta Community ToolBank^[5]

[edit] Kansas

• Wichita - Community Housing Services of Wichita/Sedgwick County's Tool Lending Library

[edit] Maryland

• Takoma Park - City of Takoma Park - Tool Library

The Takoma Park Tool Library is no longer in business. The City of Takoma Park closed it down in 2007 due to poor utilization.

[edit] Michigan

• Ann Arbor - Ann Arbor District Library (energy meter only)
• Grosse Pointe - Grosse Point Public Library and the Grosse Point Rotary Club's Tool Library

[edit] Missouri

• Kansas City - Westside Housing Organization's Tool Lending Library

[edit] Montana

• Missoula - Missoula Urban Demonstration Project (MUD) Tool Library

[edit] New York

• Buffalo - Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy's Tool Lending Library
• Rochester - Corn Hill Neighbors Association's Tool Library

[edit] Ohio

• Columbus - City of Columbus Mobile Tool Library

[edit] Oregon

• North Portland - North Portland Tool Library
• Hands on Greater Portland - Hands on Greater Portland (only non-profits can borrow tools)
• Northeast Portland - Northeast Portland Tool Collective

[edit] Pennsylvania

• Philadelphia - West Philly Tool Library^[6]

[edit] Utah

• Orem - City of Orem Tool Lending Library^[7]

[edit] Vermont

• Burlington - Fletcher Free Library^{[dubious – discuss]}

[edit] Washington

• Seattle - Phinney Neighborhood Association's Tool Lending Library^[8]

[edit] References

1. ^ Tool Lending Library. Berkeley Public Library.
2. ^ "Library Dispenses Tools and Home-Repair Advice", Berkeley Daily Planet, August 19, 2005. 
3. ^ Braybrook Community Centre. Maribyrnong City Council.
4. ^ Library Services. Thompson Public Library.
5. ^ Atlanta Community ToolBank. Atlanta Community ToolBank.
6. ^ West Philly Tool Library. Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition.
7. ^ Tool Lending Library. City of Orem.
8. ^ Phinney Neighborhood Association Tool Lending Library. Phinney Neighborhood Association.