Share Salisbury (A Library of Things) isn't the first!

Share Salisbury (A Library of Things) opened in lockdown of 2021. The idea had come about by a group of locals looking to provide simple solutions to help people and the planet.

A Library of Things can help minimize consumption whilst ensuring that people with less money or storage capacity don’t go without stuff. Share Salisbury isn’t an original idea, SHARE:Frome has been going for over 5 years and actually inspired the founders of Share Salisbury to bring a similar enterprise to Salisbury!

Below is a list of all the other Library of Things from around the world (that we are aware of) so they are all in one nice handy place. If you are travelling in the near future, why not drop in and say hello.

Each Library of Things is a little different to the last but they all are 100% guaranteed to be filled with interesting things and wonderful people!

Name	Location	Website URL
Share & Repair Bath	Bath	https://shareandrepair.org.uk/
Belfast Tool Library	Belfast	https://www.belfasttoollibrary.com/
Leila	Berlin	http://leila-berlin.de/
The Borrow Shop	Birmingham	https://theborrowshop.co.uk/
Share Bristol	Bristol	https://www.sharebristol.org.uk/
Benthyg	Cardiff	https://www.benthyg.org/
Library of Things	Crystal Palace, Morden, Hackney Wick, Kentish Town, Finsbury Park, Dalston	https://www.libraryofthings.co.uk/
The Edinburgh Tool Library	Edinburgh	https://edinburghtoollibrary.org.uk/
Exeter Library of Things	Exeter	https://exeterlot.org.uk
Frome Share	Frome	https://sharefrome.org/
Glasgow Tool Library	Glasgow	https://glasgowtoollibrary.com/
Hastings Library of Things	Hastings	https://hastingslot.myturn.com
Library of Stuff	Hull	https://www.libraryofstuff.co.uk/
Buy Nowt LS6	Leeds	https://buynowtls6.com/
Manchester Library of Things	Manchester	https://mcrlot.com
The Share Shop	Newcastle, USA	https://www.theshareshop.org/
Share Oxford	Oxford	https://shareoxford.org/
Kernow Library of Things	Penrin	https://www.kloth.org.uk/
Borrow Don’t Buy	Plymouth	https://borrowdontbuy.co.uk/
Sacramento LoT	Sacramento	https://www.saclibrary.org/Books-Media/Specialty-Checkouts/Library-of-Things
Bugle Library of Things	St. Austell	https://www.facebook.com/BugleLibraryofThings/
Stirling Tool Library	Stirling	transitionstirling.org.uk/the-tool-library
Share Shed	Totnes, Bridgetown, South Brent, Dartington, Buckfastleigh	https://www.shareshed.org.uk/

If you know of a Library of Things that has not been listed, please send us an email so we can add them to the collection!

Another very worthwhile mention (despite not being a Library of Things) is Olio. This is an app that encourages local food and item sharing with neighbours. If you arent already signed up, do it now and bag yourself some freebies!