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Saint John Tool Library (Image from Facebook) The Saint John Tool Library is moving into a bigger home, a move its founder says will allow the business to grow its membership and community programs. The library and training centre will stay in the uptown area, moving from its 160 Union Street location to 100 Princess Street. Founder Brent Harris says the hunt for a new location had been going on for a while due to issues with their current landlord, who took ownership of the Union Street building not long after the Tool Library opened. “Long story short, in month five of being open, we wer...

Tool library A CONTRIBUTION of £2,000 from a housing association has helped a Thirsk-based charity set up a lending library for local people but it’s tools, not books, that are being checked out! Popular in North America, the first tool library was only set up in the UK in 2015 and now, Community Works has established its own. With funding from Broadacres, the charity has begun lending tools to people from its store in the Market Square, Thirsk. The service is open to people living in areas where Broadacres has homes, including Thirsk, Northallerton, Richmond and Easingwold. This i...

Shattered glass and old school uniforms? That’s the library of the future We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Shattered glass and old school uniforms? That’s the library of the future Save Normal text size Advertisement Tattered school uniforms and shattered glass might not be considered the height of aesthetic refinement, but at a new suburban library they are a taste of things to come. Textiles have been turned into tiles and glass waste into tabletops at The Yarn, a library and community space in Hunters Hill where the services...

Times Herald-Record VILLAGE OF FLORIDA - Florida Public Library is pleased to announce the debut of its Library of Things collection. The Library of Things includes a wide variety of useful, entertaining and unusual objects that patrons may need for a project, cannot afford to purchase, don’t have room to store or may just need to use once or occasionally. FPL aims to save Florida residents the cost of purchasing many such items. Senior citizens and new home owners may find the collection of particular use.   Categories include the Tool Library which includes hand tools (hammer, saw, stu...

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