Jason Kowell12:02 PM Pikes Peake Library District (El Paso County Colorado) Sonya Unverified 12:03 PM Sonya - Williams Public Library - Williams, AZ - Program Coordinator Amy Hurtado Unverified 12:03 PM Amy Hurtado- Kenosha Public Library Kim Bailey Unverified 12:06 PM Kim Bailey - MLIS Alum WebJunction Webinars12:07 PM You two are rock stars! Justine Lester Unverified 12:08 PM Justine Lester - Tasman District Libraries, New Zealand Jen Hassell Unverified 12:09 PM record players Xavier Kneedler-Shorten Unverified 12:09 PM Telescopes! Mary DeMauro Unverified 12:09 PM We have a good collection of laptops for students Tiff Unverified 12:09 PM Halloween costumes! Allison, Guilderland Public Library Unverified 12:09 PM Weaving Loom Alyssa Unverified 12:09 PM sewing machines, record players, wifi hotspots J. Unverified 12:09 PM Oversized outdoor games WebJunction Webinars12:09 PM What are some of the items or tools you successfully lend? Jerry Reed Unverified 12:09 PM Yard games Jen Hassell Unverified 12:09 PM PS5 and Switch Kendra Fitzpatrick Unverified 12:09 PM Mental Health and Wellness Kits for all ages Jaime Bradshaw Unverified 12:09 PM fitness equipment Catie Stewart Unverified 12:09 PM Kalimba, traffic cones, outdoor games Teresa Unverified 12:09 PM Bakeware, musical instruments Jessica Wright Unverified 12:09 PM Nothing yet, we are just trying to get it up and running Jen Hassell Unverified 12:09 PM Cricut Sonya Unverified 12:09 PM Digital Cameras, hotspots Denise Unverified 12:09 PM laptops/hotspots, various meters, small household envirnmental repair kits Priscilla Unverified 12:09 PM STEM kits! Tina Beqiraj (she/her) deleted their own message. 12:09 PM Anna Unverified 12:09 PM Believe it or not, the DVD & CD players go out a lot! Julie Stewart Unverified 12:09 PM Litter Clean-Up Kits and Library Telescope Shannon Unverified 12:09 PM Blu ray player Jason Kowell12:09 PM Board games, studio equipment, STEM activity kits Heather Clark Unverified 12:09 PM We have a successful cake pan lending system! Jordan Unverified 12:09 PM @justinlester I was just looking at your library system a couple of days ago. So cool! HEATHER NELSON Unverified 12:09 PM Rokus with streaming services Michelle Unverified 12:09 PM We have an ERC in our library (Educational Resource Center) It contains various things geared toward Preschool, Elementary and High School - we have Phys Ed, Math, Geography, Music, Language Arts, etc. It's pretty extensive. Kirsten Unverified 12:09 PM We have outdoor adventure kits in backpacks Shannon Unverified 12:09 PM Post hole digger Cheyenne Smith Unverified 12:09 PM Sewing machines Hannah M Unverified 12:09 PM Hannah Meyer - Kenai Community Library, Alaska. Instruments, dolls, STEAM kits, craft kits, tech devices Stefanie Unverified 12:09 PM metal detectors, hotspots, cricut joys Liz Unverified 12:09 PM Sewing Machines, Hot Spots, Telescopes Scottie Unverified 12:09 PM Cake Pans, followed by our Dementia/Parkinsons/Alzheimers Kits Catherine Unverified 12:09 PM community passes, fitness equipment, STEM kits, light therapy lamps, etc. Amy Hurtado Unverified 12:09 PM Hot spots, vcr's Shannon Unverified 12:09 PM Ghost searching kit Tracy McPeck Unverified 12:11 PM I keep hinting that my library should carry these! Michelle Unverified 12:09 PM snowshoes David Russell Unverified 12:09 PM Ties, soccer balls, sewing machines, disc golf Amy Hurtado Unverified 12:10 PM cake pans! Lela Unverified 12:10 PM Musical instruments , vinyl records Scottie Unverified 12:10 PM And our car tool kit SH Sophia Hernandez12:10 PM Hot spots, Laptops, Coloring books, Board Games Tracy McPeck Unverified 12:10 PM Large yard games, radon detectors, early literacy kits, craft kits (woodburning, embroidery), musical instruments, GoPro and other technology, Chromebooks and hotspots Ann G Unverified 12:10 PM Games and Yard Games, Equipment like cameras, adapters, calculators etc. Jordan Unverified 12:10 PM steam bags Beth Unverified 12:10 PM power washers, portable record players, blood pressure cuffs, stud finder, litter pick-up kit, drills, staple guns, go pro, polaroid cameras, forgetting so much.... Lieca Unverified 12:13 PM drills, hotspots, solar panels, giant jenga, industrial sewing machine, metal detector, night visiion goggles, sad lamp, graphic calculator, microscope, go pro, waterproof speaker, more! Jen Hassell Unverified 12:13 PM sneior services Mary DeMauro Unverified 12:13 PM Student equipment Kendra Fitzpatrick Unverified 12:13 PM Access to tools outside of financial range Stefanie Unverified 12:13 PM connectivity issues for sure Kathryn Melvin Unverified 12:13 PM Button makers, kitchen gadgets, bike repair toolkit Jordan Unverified 12:14 PM Help for the homeless Tracy McPeck Unverified 12:14 PM Literacy, services to older adults, AI literacy, food insecurity, technology training, Lieca Unverified 12:14 PM meeting digital divide with hotspots KW Karyn Witt12:14 PM outdoor games, stem, musical, gardening Julie Unverified 12:14 PM Large cooking pots and kitchen gadgets. Anything for cooking for a crowd. Heather Dorner Unverified 12:14 PM Financial literacy SH Sophia Hernandez12:14 PM Access to local resources, charging stations, money management literacy Heather Clark Unverified 12:16 PM Our community often needs internet connectivity and we've also seen that seed libraries and garden tools are popular in our rural area! Tracy McPeck Unverified 12:17 PM Our regional waste management board donated litter kits for our LoT. KANNAN R Unverified 12:18 PM Good morning all of you, kannanr from chennai Alyssa Unverified 12:18 PM Our seed library has been very popular! Liz Unverified 12:20 PM What is the actual name of the mutual aid Facebook group? Claudia Unverified 12:20 PM Seed Library is very popular in Hutto, TX WebJunction Webinars12:21 PM https://sites.google.com/view/lotmutualaid/home#h.bnbm4cilzihi Hazel Onsrud Unverified 12:21 PM Join us! https://sites.google.com/view/lotmutualaid/home WebJunction Webinars12:24 PM Hazel's library: https://curtislibrary.com/ WebJunction Webinars12:26 PM What social equity programs have you run or want to host using items that you could also lend? Scottie Unverified 12:26 PM We partnered with SOYA, who gave us backpacks FILLED with physical education needs. (Special Olympics Youth Athletes) Diana Balbar Unverified 12:27 PM Partnering with our agricultural societies to reach their members, providing programs in the gardens and in halls (with meals provided) WebJunction Webinars12:27 PM Rachel's library: cals.org David Russell Unverified 12:28 PM Our repair cafe's average 50 attendees. We partner with a local makerspace and they're great. WJ Support Unverified 12:32 PM What economic programs have you run or want to host using items that you could also lend? Diana Balbar Unverified 12:33 PM Paint night easels, brushes etc. Julie Unverified 12:33 PM We made sauerkraut. Canning items would be great to lend. Kendra Fitzpatrick Unverified 12:34 PM Seed library, starting seeds in rockwool Jessica Wright Unverified 12:34 PM Using oyster shells for picture frames Stefanie Unverified 12:34 PM seed libraries and gardening kits Scottie Unverified 12:34 PM "BAD ART NIGHT": We gathered used and miscellaneous items, which we would normally trash, and reuse them to create sculptures. Erin Owens Unverified 12:34 PM I love this idea! Alyssa Unverified 12:34 PM would love to start a composting program Diana Balbar Unverified 12:35 PM Our Bookmobile purchased gardening tools to help start the garden programs Jessica Wright Unverified 12:35 PM We are hosting out 7 annual prom dress event, we give new to you prom dresses to jr high and high school girls. Sonya Unverified 12:36 PM We just started a "Project Prom". It's the first time it's been done in our area. Super excited! Jessica Wright Unverified 12:39 PM 👍 Diana Balbar Unverified 12:36 PM I love the special tools for invasive species, we often help with those programs Hazel Onsrud Unverified 12:36 PM Rachel just refered to doug Talamy's work on how you can support pollinators and native plants Hazel Onsrud Unverified 12:37 PM https://homegrownnationalpark.org/https://homegrownnationalpark.org/ Catie Stewart Unverified 12:38 PM The page doesn't exist WebJunction Webinars12:40 PM https://homegrownnationalpark.org/ Justine Lester Unverified 12:40 PM Its just a double up of the address :-) https://homegrownnationalpark.org/ Catie Stewart Unverified 12:39 PM Do you get multiples of each kit to do programming? Chaunacey Dunklee Unverified 12:41 PM Would also love to know this! WJ Support Unverified 12:39 PM https://homegrownnationalpark.org/ Mary DeMauro Unverified 12:39 PM Bird feeders Jessica Wright Unverified 12:40 PM Learning about sweet potatoes Alyssa Unverified 12:40 PM teaching a herbalism class Lieca Unverified 12:41 PM cricut machine Jen Hassell Unverified 12:41 PM Do you guys act as instructors for these programs? Other staff members? Do you hire a plumber, woodworkers etc..? WebJunction Webinars12:42 PM Please add any questions for Rachel and Hazel for the end. I see the one about having mutiples of kits. WJ Support Unverified 12:42 PM And the chat will be posted to the event page, along with the link to the recording: https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/library-of-things1.html Diana Balbar Unverified 12:42 PM How do library passes work? How are the maker-space businesses compensated? Kayla Unverified 12:42 PM any resources for starting the reapir cafes? Diana Balbar Unverified 12:43 PM Apple press WJ Support Unverified 12:43 PM https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/library-of-things1.html Michelle Unverified 12:43 PM Does this webinar receive a CE Certificate? WebJunction Webinars12:44 PM Yes, you will receive a certificate within 24 hours. Tara Jankowski Unverified 12:43 PM Love the lobster outfit :) Jen Hassell Unverified 12:43 PM Also, I love the idea of a pass to circulate large outdoor items like a canoe/kayak. Who did you partner with to do this sharing? Anyone i can think of locally is a for profit entity that would want patrons to buy them. Jessica Wright Unverified 12:43 PM Sewing machines Celadon Work Unverified 12:43 PM ghost hunting kit >_< Alyssa Unverified 12:43 PM fishing poles WJ Support Unverified 12:43 PM What are some of the items or tools your patrons have requested or you hope to provide in the future? Michelle Unverified 12:43 PM Asking now so that someone will see it. Heather Dorner Unverified 12:43 PM a seed exchange Tracy McPeck Unverified 12:43 PM Tool library is frequently requested. I'd love to see ghost-hunting kits for fun! Also museum passes, memory care kits Denise Unverified 12:44 PM kids asking for video game cartidges, which we do not carry Heather Dorner Unverified 12:44 PM Cricut machine Scottie Unverified 12:44 PM I just had my associate interrupt me to ask if we have car door unlocking kit for a patron who locked their keys in their car. Jen Hassell Unverified 12:45 PM A staff member had to use our car jumper starter the day we put it out for circulation! Deborah Unverified 12:44 PM We've been circulating a ghost hunting kit for fun. Michelle Unverified 12:44 PM If there's a CE Certificate, is there a link to obtain it? WebJunction Webinars12:45 PM Yes, it will be sent within 24 hours. Mary DeMauro Unverified 12:45 PM Ghost hunting kits sound awesome, especially around halloween! Shannon Unverified 12:46 PM Ours also gets really popular at Halloween! Tara Jankowski Unverified 12:46 PM I def suggest getting one! Ours is very popular Michelle Unverified 12:45 PM Michelle - CLSV in Sharon, PA WebJunction Webinars12:45 PM https://sites.google.com/view/lotmutualaid/home#h.bnbm4cilzihi Michelle Unverified 12:45 PM Thank you for having this - it was very informative. Denise Unverified 12:46 PM where do you get the money to purchase and maintain all these LOT items? Michelle Unverified 12:46 PM Where would you store everything? We don't have that kind of room. Scottie Unverified 12:47 PM This was a great brainstorm chat. I have a creative juices flowing. Thank you! Xavier Kneedler-Shorten Unverified 12:49 PM Do you have a collection development policy for your LOT? Kristine Hembry Unverified 12:49 PM I am at a Junior College Library. Some of these would be great for getting them out into the community. Denise Unverified 12:53 PM do you charge fees for breakage or for consumable parts? David Russell Unverified 12:54 PM With ours, we have the event at the makerspace and they use it as an open house for people to join the makerspace. That's all they ask for in terms of compensation. Diana Balbar Unverified 12:54 PM 👍 Lela Unverified 12:58 PM I have to go but I would like to thank you both for this exciting webinar! Can not wait to try it. Have a great day!! Diana Balbar Unverified 12:59 PM Thanks so much! I'll be checking out th LOT Mutual Aid Group. Kiana White (She/her) Unverified 12:59 PM thank you! Appreciate the presentation! Jason Kowell12:59 PM Thank you!👋 Tierney Alvarado - Livermore Public Unverified 12:59 PM Thank you. This presentation was great! Jen Hassell Unverified 12:59 PM Thank you! Tracy McPeck Unverified 12:59 PM Thank you! Alyssa Unverified 1:00 PM Thank you! Catie Stewart Unverified 1:00 PM Thank you so much for all this information! Allison, Guilderland Public Library Unverified 1:00 PM Thank you!! Claudia Unverified 1:00 PM Thank you Kayla Unverified 1:00 PM thank you! Kathryn Melvin Unverified 1:00 PM Thanks! Celadon Work Unverified 1:00 PM thank you! Anna C. Unverified 1:00 PM Thank you! J. Unverified 1:00 PM Thank you. A wealth of resources here! David Russell Unverified 1:00 PM Thanks to both of you! Julie Unverified 1:00 PM Thank you! Kim Bailey Unverified 1:00 PM Thank you! Sonya Unverified 1:00 PM Thank you! Michelle Unverified 1:00 PM Thank you! Michelle in Sharon, PA @ the CLSV:)! KW Karyn Witt1:00 PM Many thanks! Liz DeCurtis (She/Her) Unverified 1:00 PM This was awesome, thank you so much! Hannah M Unverified 1:00 PM Thank You From Fl Michelle Unverified 1:00 PM Have a great day! Brenda Juarez1:00 PM Thank you! Jennifer Tapp1:00 PM Thank you Anthony T. Unverified 1:00 PM Thank you! Mary DeMauro Unverified 1:00 PM Thank you so much! Great information and ideas! Heather Unverified 1:00 PM Thank you!