About

Libraries lend drills, sewing machines, telescopes, thermal cameras and ukuleles. Each one lists them on its own page. This site puts them in one place so you can find the thing, then sends you to the library to borrow it.

How it works

Every listing comes from a public page — almost always the library’s own — with a link back to that page and the date it was last checked. When you want something, the button takes you to the library’s catalog record, where you place the hold with your library card. We never handle holds, accounts, or availability — the library does.

This is a first pass in every city. Most libraries lend more than is listed here; the library’s own page always has the full list.

What’s covered so far

Boston

• Boston Public Library
• Cambridge Public Library
• Milton Public Library
• Newton Free Library
• Public Library of Brookline
• Robbins Library (Arlington)
• Somerville Public Library
• Thomas Crane Public Library
• Watertown Free Public Library

New York City

• Brooklyn Public Library
• New York Public Library
• Queens Public Library

Chicago

• Arlington Heights Memorial Library
• Chicago Public Library
• Chicago Tool Library
• Highland Park Public Library
• Oak Park Public Library

Los Angeles

• LA County Library
• Long Beach Public Library
• Los Angeles Public Library
• Los Angeles Tool Library
• The Makers Hub

San Francisco

• Berkeley Public Library
• Marin County Free Library
• Oakland Public Library
• San Francisco Public Library
• San Mateo County Libraries

Philadelphia

• Cherry Hill Public Library
• Free Library of Philadelphia
• West Philly Tool Library

Seattle

• King County Library System
• Phinney Neighborhood Association Tool Lending Library
• The Seattle Public Library
• West Seattle Tool Library

Pittsburgh

• Braddock Carnegie Library (Carnegie One)
• Millvale Community Library
• Oakmont Carnegie Library

Dallas

• Dallas Public Library
• Fort Worth Public Library
• Grand Prairie Public Library

Hawaiʻi

• HNL Tool Library (Re-use Hawaiʻi)
• Hawaiʻi State Public Library System

Alabama

• Auburn Public Library
• Homewood Public Library
• Huntsville-Madison County Public Library
• Mobile Public Library
• Montgomery City-County Public Library

Alaska

• Anchorage Public Library
• Anchorage Tool Library
• Juneau Public Libraries

Arizona

• Chandler Public Library
• Pima County Public Library
• Scottsdale Public Library

Arkansas

• Bentonville Public Library
• Central Arkansas Library System
• Fayetteville Public Library
• Saline County Library

Colorado

• Arapahoe Libraries
• Denver Public Library
• Denver Tool Library
• Jefferson County Public Library
• Pikes Peak Library District

Connecticut

• Hartford Public Library
• New Haven Free Public Library
• North Haven Memorial Library
• Windsor Locks Public Library

Delaware

• Dover Public Library
• New Castle County Libraries
• Sussex County Department of Libraries
• Wilmington Public Library

Florida

• Leon County Public Library
• Orange County Library System
• Safety Harbor Public Library

Georgia

• Cobb County Public Library
• Fulton County Library System
• Gwinnett County Public Library
• Historic Macon Foundation Tool Library

Idaho

• Idaho Falls Public Library
• Meridian Library District
• Nampa Public Library

Indiana

• Carmel Clay Public Library
• Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library
• Indianapolis Public Library

Iowa

• James Kennedy Public Library
• Marion Public Library
• Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library

Kansas

• Johnson County Library
• Lawrence Public Library
• Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
• Wichita Public Library

1745 things across 173 locations in 23 cities. More are added one library at a time.

What this isn’t

It isn’t run by or affiliated with any library. If a listing and the library disagree, the library is right.

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