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New tool library in Christchurch

Tool libraries are an example of ‘libraries of things’, where things are borrowed as needed rather than being owned. A tool library has recently been established in Christchurch.

It’s called the ‘Tool Lendery’ and it is based in a shipping container on Manchester

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