Partnering with libraries
to lend non-traditional items
aka Libraries of Things
Jessamyn West
librarian.net/talks/rec
Vermont Conference on Recreation - 12oct22
Slides
Library organizations in the state
- List of all Vermont's libraries (view them on a map)
- Vermont Department of Libraries
- Vermont Library Association
- Vermont School Library Association
- Vermont Consortium of Academic Libraries
- Specialized collections (aka Library of Things) held by Vermont libraries
Links & Notes
- Me: Librarian.net blog, personal website, and occasional newsletter
- Firewood moisture meter loan program
- USB Microphone lending program
- Radio program on snowshoes in libraries at OneCare Vermont (includes list of libraries with snowshoes)
- Telescope lending in partnership with Vermont Astronomical Society
- Field to Fork Tool Cottage at Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro
- Tunbridge Library bike lending
- Isley Public Library ebike lending
- Folding Kayak lending at Craftsbury Public Library
- Disc golf loans at Dorothy Alling Memorial Library (as seen in the catalog)
- Bixby Library (Vergennes) "Borrow the unexpected!"