[Libs-Or] FREE webinar 3/12 from IFLA " A Library of Things – A Critical Component of Libraries as Access Points to a Local, Resilient, and Sustainable Future"

[Filar Williams, Beth]

Join us on March 12, 8am PST. The well-known,  and amazing  Hazel Onsrud of Curtis Memorial Library  will present for us>>>> A Library of Things –   A Critical Component of Libraries as Access Points to a Local, Resilient, and Sustainable Future.
FREE register here  <https://www.ifla.org/events/ifla-webinar-series-library-of-things-a-critical-component-of-libraries-as-access-points-to-a-local-resilient-and-sustainable-future/>
Sponsored by the Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB)<https://www.ifla.org/units/environment-sustainability-and-libraries/>, this webinar is entitled:  Library of Things – A Critical Component of Libraries as Access Points to a Local, Resilient, and Sustainable Future.  Libraries lending beyond books exist all over the world. In some locations, one can go to the library to borrow a book on how to make soap and obtain the tools to begin creating it, or borrow supplies for a community design meeting with a potluck. One may also turn to the library as a disaster resource center, complete with a borrowable trailer, or try out a local e-trike with a library pass before making an investment. In many neighborhoods, libraries offer events on how to repair items—along with the tools required to do so. They serve as places where intergenerational groups connect over yard games and art activities, and where community members can borrow the tools needed to construct all sorts of desired items, such as a clean-cooking stove, spending their money instead on the consumables required to make these things.
Libraries of things provide access to a wide range of items from gear for adventures to essential wellbeing tools. Together, as librarians, community organizations, and educational event sponsors, we can expand access to this future of lending and help communities overcome hurdles for which we already have decades of experience and solutions. Common questions around Libraries of Things—such as sanitation, loss, and insurance—have established answers. Strategies for supporting a community’s unique needs through specialized collections also exist, with diverse models to choose from. Come learn how to plug into this rapidly growing and increasingly connected system of Libraries of Things, both inside and outside the traditional library world, and discover how they can help you meet your goals.

Hazel Onsrud is a public librarian at Curtis Memorial Library, who works on community programming and collection development, including an extensive library of things focused on the Sustainable Development Goals.  She serves on the international Library of Things Mutual Aid Group, the Advisory Board of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative and the Steering Team of MECollab.  She enjoys collaborating with good humans around the globe and was named a 2024 Library Journal Mover and Shaker and a 2025 New York Times Changemaker. Prior to her work as public librarian, Hazel co-founded the Maine Tool Library and spent a bunch of time learning from graceful teachers. In her free time, she likes to create things, eat moles and design gardens.

- beth, standing member of ENSULIB of IFLA




Beth Filar Williams
Associate Professor / User Experience Research Librarian
beth.filar-williams at oregonstate.edu <mailto:beth.filar-williams at oregonstate.edu>

Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR is located within the traditional homelands of the Mary's River or Ampinefu Band of Kalapuya.  Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya etc. Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations in Western Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are a part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (https://www.grandronde.org<https://www.grandronde.org/>) and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians (https://ctsi.nsn.us<https://ctsi.nsn.us/>).

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