Webinar Recording: How to Start a Tool Library in Your Community

A webinar by the Center for a New American Dream: www.newdream.org
In August 2012, New Dream hosted a webinar about how to start a tool library in your neighborhood. Topics included obtaining funding, finding a location, tracking tools, navigating through legal issues, and more. The webinar featured speakers from successful tool libraries around the country.
Guest speakers:
Mike Froehlich - Founder, West Philly Tool Library (Philadelphia, PA)
Jason Hatch - Founder, North Portland Tool Library (Portland, OR)
Pete McElligott - Founder, Berkeley Tool Lending Library (Berkeley, CA)
Ty Yurgelevic - Founder, Temescal Tool Lending Library (Oakland, CA)
More resources from this webinar:
www.newdream.org/resources/web...
More New Dream webinars:
www.newdream.org/resources/web...

[@logans3365]

Thanks for the info.
I had the idea for a tool library a while ago, and was glad to see others had already done it.
I’m planning to start a tool library in my small town, and hopefully snowball it to the surrounding small towns and eventually even the big ones.
Communal ownership is the answer to most of our problems, and tool libraries seem like a fantastic way to show people the benefits of communal ownership.

[@carterfuehr-bush4231]

LocalTools is great! We haven't started using the program officially yet, but it's amazing and tailored for tool lending libraries.

[@charlesv1234]

Great video