Sat Apr 20, 2013, 02:00 PM

mrmpa (4,033 posts)

Free library Kiosks

I read this article two days ago. Heidelberg is a community of about 1200 people. There are three standing libraries within a 5 and a 10 minute drive from the town. The township has however installed a kiosk at one of their parks that allows people to borrow a book and return it at their discretion.

I love this idea, especially for the summer when there will be a diversity of people at the parks, including kids who can continue reading during their school break.

Anything that gets to people to read is a great idea in my book (pun intended).

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-west/free-to-read-library-kiosk-arrives-in-heidelberg-684021/

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7 replies	Author	Time	Post
Free library Kiosks (Original post)	mrmpa	Apr 2013	OP
great idea	Liberal_in_LA	Apr 2013	#1
You can do this with an e-reader & wi-fi now.	yewberry	Apr 2013	#2
You have, no doubt, heard of the Little Free Library movement?	Lifelong Protester	Apr 2013	#3
Yes it is indeed............eom	mrmpa	Apr 2013	#4
We have several Little Free Library installations	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#5
I love the whole 'free-cycle' idea	Lifelong Protester	Apr 2013	#6
Fewer than I used to have.	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#7

Response to mrmpa (Original post)

Sat Apr 20, 2013, 02:13 PM

Liberal_in_LA (44,397 posts)

1. great idea

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Sat Apr 20, 2013, 02:32 PM

yewberry (6,530 posts)

2. You can do this with an e-reader & wi-fi now.

Our city & county libraries where I live have electronic materials. If you can get wi-fi, you can download materials. They stay on the reader for 2 weeks, and then disappear... no late fees, ever!

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Sat Apr 20, 2013, 03:24 PM

Lifelong Protester (8,421 posts)

3. You have, no doubt, heard of the Little Free Library movement?

It started here in Wisconsin with the idea of spreading these small libraries all over. The goal was to supersede Andrew Carnegie's 2500+ libraries donated. I think they are at triple that now.

It's a cool idea, you can drop off books for others, pick up a book for yourself-it is totally honor system. We are putting 4 up in our small town; there is one already in Stockholm, WI. (next town up the river, population 66). If you want to use their name and logo there is a $34.95 sponsor fee.

Commit to recycle and commit to literacy! Any town or group can do it.

Cool, huh?

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Sat Apr 20, 2013, 03:26 PM

mrmpa (4,033 posts)

4. Yes it is indeed............eom

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Sat Apr 20, 2013, 03:34 PM

MineralMan (145,027 posts)

5. We have several Little Free Library installations

in St. Paul. I stopped by one last week in a neighborhood I pass through and put several books in it. I don't need any books right now, but I'll stop by and get one when I do.

They're popping up in neighborhoods all over the city, mostly put up by people in front of their own homes.

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Sat Apr 20, 2013, 05:59 PM

Lifelong Protester (8,421 posts)

6. I love the whole 'free-cycle' idea

don't you? I have a lot of books to share, and this is a great way to do that!

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Sat Apr 20, 2013, 07:58 PM

MineralMan (145,027 posts)

7. Fewer than I used to have.

When I moved from CA to Mn, i thinned out my library. But I still have plenty, and love the idea of take one, leave one. It just works.

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