Non-Traditional Circulating Materials

Technology Lending

Bridging the Tech Gap: Libraries Across the Country Lend Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspots, September 11, 2015
Article: American Libraries Magazine
http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2015/09/11/bridging-tech-gap-wi-fi-lending
American Libraries Magazine article on WiFi hotspot lending and the digital divide in the United States.

Check Out a Library Hotspot, February 24, 2016
Article: Public Libraries Online
http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2016/02/check-out-a-library-hotspot
Public Libraries Online blogpost on public libraries lending WiFi hotspots to patrons.

Developing and Maintaining E-Reader Policies and Procedures for Libraries, January 31, 2012
Webinar: OCLC WebJunction
https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/
Developing_and_Maintaining_E_Reader_Policies_and_Procedures.html

Archived webinar sponsored by OCLC WebJunction focusing on developing lending policies for mobile devices.

Managing Mobile: Library Device Checkout Made Easy, September 16, 2015
Webinar: TechSoup For Libraries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZsORw2ac8M
Archived webinar sponsored by TechSoup For Libraries on managing a mobile device lending program for items such as Kindles, iPads, and Google Chromebooks.

Start Your Own Mobile Device Lending Program, September 23, 2015
Article: TechSoup For Libraries
http://www.techsoupforlibraries.org/blog/start-your-own-mobile-device-lending-program
TechSoup For Libraries blogpost featuring suggestions on how to start a mobile device lending program at your library.

Seed Libraries

Not Your Garden-Variety Library: Planting a Seed Library Yields Community Connections, January 5, 2015
Article: American Libraries Magazine
http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2015/01/05/not-your-garden-variety-library
American Libraries Magazine article on how a lending seed collection builds community relations.

Seed Libraries and State Laws, December 8, 2014
Article: American Libraries Magazine
http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2014/12/08/seed-libraries-and-state-laws
American Libraries Magazine blogpost focusing on legal issues relating to lending seed collections.

Simple Steps to Starting a Seed Library, January 5, 2015
Article: Public Libraries Online
http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2015/01/simple-steps-to-starting-a-seed-library
Public Libraries Online article on ways to start a lending seed collection at your public library.

Miscellaneous Items

Borrowing Art @ The Library, November 5, 2013
Article: Public Libraries Online
http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2013/11/borrowing-art-the-library
Public Libraries Online blogpost on circulating artwork at public libraries.

Can I Check This Out? Circulating Collections Beyond Books, CDs, and DVDs, November 15, 2012
Article: Public Libraries Online
http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2012/11/can-i-check-this-out-circulating-collections-beyond-books-cds-and-dvds
Public Libraries Online blogpost on circulating non-traditional materials in a public library.

Libraries That Lend ‘Things’, July 22, 2015
Webinar: Infopeople
https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=501
Archived webinar sponsored by Infopeople on libraries that lend non-traditional materials such as a circulating tools collection.

Library Lends Kitchen Tools and Appliances, January 15, 2014
Article: Public Libraries Online
http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2014/01/library-lends-kitchen-tools-and-appliances
Public Libraries Online blogpost on libraries circulation kitchen tools and appliances.