Tool library

In 1976 a tool lending library was started in Columbus, Ohio; originally run by the city, the tool library is now operated by ModCon Living, a non-profit organization that works to preserve and revitalize homes and communities in central Ohio.

Additionally, the Center for a New American Dream published a webinar which highlighted insights from a handful of tool libraries on how to get started.

Software platforms such as MyTurn[9] have been developed for managing tool and other types of lending libraries .

[10] Tool libraries also exist outside of the United States, with several in the UK, for example in Edinburgh,[11] Glasgow[12] and Liverpool,[13] and in Norway.

[18][19] If a tool library chooses to host a shared workspace, some basic equipment can for example include worklighting, a workbench with vises, a woodworking bench, bicycle stand, bicycle pump, fire extinguishers, a vacuum cleaner, dustpans, brooms and a trash can.