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The Oakland Public Library is the public library in Oakland, California. Opened in 1878, the Oakland Public Library currently serves the city of Oakland, along with neighboring smaller cities Emeryville and Piedmont. The Oakland Public Library has the largest collection of any public library in the East Bay, featuring approximately 1.5 million ...
1.Tool Library in Berkeley, USA The First Tool Library started in 1979 in Berkeley, California, and now there are more than 40 tool libraries in North America. [6] 2.Tool Lending library in Oakland, USA Tool Lending Library offers all kinds of practical tools as well as books, videos and DVDs. And it is free to Oakland, Emeryville, and Piedmont ...
(The Berkeley Public Library also has a tool-lending library at their nearby South Branch.) The Temescal branch of the Oakland Public Library operates this facility, which lends tools, free of charge, to library patrons for repairs and home-improvement projects. The Tool Lending Library also has instructional materials (books, videos, etc.) and ...
The Phinney Tool Library was started at the Phinney Neighborhood Association (PNA) in north central Seattle in 1978, and the Berkeley Tool Library was started in 1979 in Berkeley, California. [5] Many of these libraries were started with community block grants. [6] A variation of the tool lending library model began in Atlanta, Georgia in 1992.
The library of things movement is a growing trend in public, academic and special libraries in many countries. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] There are also free-standing organizations separate from libraries, such as tool libraries , toy libraries , community sharing centers, [ 9 ] independent non-profits, and individual initiatives.
Oakland Library may refer to: Oakland Public Library, in Oakland, California; African American Museum and Library at Oakland, in Oakland, California; Oakland Public Library, in Oakland, Maine; Oakland Library, a branch of the Lee County Library in Georgia
Tool Lending: The ToolBank lends tools of all kinds for use in volunteer projects, facility maintenance and improvement projects, community improvement events, and special events. Tool Advocacy: ToolBank staff advocates for the complete and timely return of all borrowed tools, to guarantee the long-term sustainability of available inventory.
Rockridge students in grades 9 through 12 attend Oakland Technical High School. An “alternative” public school, Far West High School, is a visual arts-focused campus for grades 7–12. It occupied the site of the former Rockridge Elementary School on Broadway Terrace, across the street from the California College of the Arts.