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Local Tools 1.9.5 Released – The Best Way To Manage a Tool Library

Improved User Search, Bug Fixes & More The latest version of the Local Tools platform has been sent live for all customers. A few especially important notes: Timezone and Hours: We’ve improved Timezone support in this release. Please log in and go to Settings -> Organization Info to ensure your Timezone,

AP: Need a Tool? Libraries Lending More than Books.

While this is no surprise to us, since we both track tool and lending libraries around the country and offer a tool library software platform to make it easy to start new ones. It’s great to see the AP picking up the story: In a number of communities across the

$2,000+ to Help Start a Tool Library In Your Community

For all those those aspiring tool (or kitchen, music, toy, etc.) libraries just starting up or looking to expand, the Center for a New American Dream is offering $2,000 or more for community projects in the U.S. (and Canada!). A chance to raise $2,000 or more for your neighborhood project!

Version 1.9: Redesign Started!

Version 1.9.1 of myTurn and Local Tools has been rolled out to all sites. The most visible change in this release is that we’ve started to integrate a number of design and user interface improvements.  We’d recommend clearing your browsers cache, or reloading if you see any “wonkiness” in the admin tools.

Local Tools 1.9: Reservations, Email and More!

Version 1.9 of Local Tools is now available – we know, it’s been a while! A few highlights from this release: Reservations: the main feature in this release is a first pass at “reservations”.  We’ll be updating the Administration Guide and posting instructions on how to enable and use reservations shortly.

Local Tools 1.8.4 Released: Cascading Lists and more

This release brings a ton of bug fixes and improvements, along with a few new features.  The main improvement is the way item types are selected. With the increase in type of items (media, kitchen, camera coming soon, etc.) we needed a better way to select the type of a

Sharing Revolution Workshop (Seattle)

Want to get involved in the sharing revolution?  Join us, Cecile Andrews and a host of others in the Seattle area for this workshop: Sharing Revolution Workshop Saturday, June 23, 10am to 12:30 pm Phinney Neighborhood Center Blue Building 66th and Phinney Ave, Seattle, WA For more info contact: cecile@cecileandrews.com

How to Start a Lending Library Part 1: Insurance and Operations

It’s amazing how many inquiries we get every week from all over the country (and the world!) from people wanting to start a tool or other type of library.  Once someone hears about “libraries that lend out tools rather than books,” they start to dream of having access to a