Welcome to the Library of Things!
A Library of Things is a collection of non-traditional items that a library makes available for their community to borrow and use at home or in the library. Here at the JKPL we are excited to offer a variety of things from kitchen gadets, sports equipment, building blocks, games, educational items, and electronic equipment. Just to name a few!
Who Can Use?
Items in the Library of Things (LoT) are classified as either Regular or Specialty.
Regular Things:
- Include items such as building blocks, LEGOs, Magna-tiles, and games.
- Most of these items are located on the bottom shelf of the children’s area adjacent to the Creation Station.
- Any patron is welcome to check these out.
Specialty Things:
- These Things are fragile, expensive, and/or designed for use by individuals of a certain maturity level.
- These include (but are not limited to) costumes, kitchen items, and electronic items.
- Specialty Things may only be checked out by full-service patrons who are over the age of 18 and have a library card in good standing.
- These Specialty Things are stored in a secure location so patrons wishing to check them out will bring a “dummy” (representing the Thing) to the circulation desk and staff with fetch the item for them.
- The dummies are shelved at the beginning of the audiobook section of the library.
How Long Can I Borrow It?
Check out periods for most things in the LoT are 1 week. Things can be renewed if no one is waiting for them.
What Do We Have?
This list is not exhaustive as things are routinely being added and removed. For more information, please contact the library.
Arts/Crafts:
- Crochet kit
- Scrapbooking punch sets
- Spirograph
- SmART sketcher projector
- Cricut Explore Air 2
- Cricut Hat Press
- Cricut Mug Press
- Smart Heat Press machine
- LEGOs
- Bristle Blocks
- Magna-tiles
- Magna-formas
- Grippies
- Lincoln Logs
- Tegu wooden blocks
- Tinkertoys
- Zoob
- Crazy Forts
- Squigz
- Ringlets
Games:
- Giant Tic Tac Toe
- Giant Twister
- JKPL Memory Game
- Horseshoes
- Game Buzzers (with lights and sounds)
Costumes:
- Santa Claus
- Mrs. Claus
- Cat in the Hat
- LEGO Man
- LEGO Brick (yellow and blue)
- Mad Scientist
Electronics:
- Hotspots
- Samsung Galaxy tablets
- Battery Testers
- Kill-O-Watt meters
- DVD player, portable
- Karaoke machine
- Snap Circuits
- Squishy Circuits kits
- Canon PowerShot Digital Camera
- Sony Handycam with accessories
- Virtual reality/AR goggles
- Meeting OWL Pro
- Kindle Fire HD 8 tablets (3)
- Sencu Plasma Lamp
- Wolverine F2D Titan photo film convertor
Kitchen:
- Air fryer
- Instant Pot
- Belgian waffle maker
- Induction cooktop burner
- Ice cream/sorbet/frozen yogurt maker
- Canning kits
- Popcorn maker
- Convection oven
- Roaster Oven
- Food dehydrator
- Ninja Foodi XL Grill
- Ninja Foodi Air Fryer Oven
- Punch bowl set
- Coffee Urn (30 cup or 100 cup)
- Juice press
- Food spiralizer
- Baking Pan set
- Cooking pan set (3 sheet pans)
- Assorted shaped baking pans
- Indoor grill
- Electric donut maker
Robots:
- Cubelets
- Robotics Smart Machines
- VEX Hexcalator Ball Machine
- VEX Robotics Pick & Drop Ball Machine
- Strawbees
- Kamigami robots
- Dot creativity kit
- Dot & Dash Wonder Pack
- Sphero Sprk+ robot ball
- Ozobots evo
- Ozobots Bit
- Ozobots Marvel Groot & Rocket
- MOSS Robot Construction
- Table Top Robot: Crab
- Telescope
- Microscope
- Electricity & Magnetism kit
- Insect Explorer
- Squishy human body
- Happy Atoms Magnetic Molecular Modeling kit
- 4D+ Space Exploration Virtual Reality headset & cards
- Circuit Clay
- Science Magic kit
- Makey-Makey Kit
Sports Equipment:
- Fishing rod and reel
- Camping hammock
- Spikeball kit
- Binoculars
- Pickleball set
- Yoga starter set
- Bocce Ball set
- Mini golf club set with balls
- Dremel
- Air duster
- DIY Homeowner's tool set
- Drill tool kit
- Basic tool kit
- Tool kit for kids
- Ott-Lite Portable Magnifier Lamp
- Rock tumbler
- Power Invertor (RCA 150 watt)
- LasFit Portable Air Compressor
- Leather hole punch tool set
- Multipurpose portable carpet & upholstery cleaner
- Instrument tuner
- Rainbow piano
- Maracas
- Ukulele kit
- Orchestra Bells (Glockenspiel) kit
- Djembe drum kit
- Mandolin kit
- Cajon box drum
- Guitar
- Keyboard
Engineering:
- Marble catapult
- Kinetic machines
- Alien robots
- Tin Can Cable Car
- Gravitrax marble run
Miscellaneous:
- Portable play yard
- Travel stroller
- Device stand
- Metal detector
- Paper shredder
- Video camera DSLR movie kit shoulder rig
- Portable photo studio
- Label maker (Brother P-Touch PT-90)
- Canopy weights
- Canopy shade tent
- Garment steamer
- National Geographic Magic Set
- IPTV Education Literacy Games Kit