Talk about a bonanza! Here’s another reason to love Mesa County Public Library: it now offers a “Library of Things,” a big list of fun, useful, physical non-book items that library card holders can check out and use completely free.
Available items include:
- Projectors & projector screens
- Power check meters that can be used to measure voltage, electricity costs and electric consumption of various appliances, like refrigerators, room air conditioners, and computers and lamps.
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Party lights with remote, available to check out at the Mesa County Public Library Party lights with remote controls
- A bicycle repair kit
- Launchpad tablets pre-loaded with content for kids and teens. No download time needed and no need for Wi-Fi. Pre-loaded content includes SAT prep for teens, critical thinking skills and language arts
- Nintendo entertainment system
- Lots of board games
- Activity kit for people with dementia and their caregivers
- An auto-tracking cellphone holder (to help create videos for social media like TikTok, for instance)
- Color blind/color correction glasses for individuals with red/green color blindness
- Regular and mini Karaoke machines
- A Blue Ray player
- Shaped cake pans and cake stencils
- Laser infra-red thermometer that checks surface temperatures
- CD, DVD players
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Laser infrared thermometer A human anatomy model
- A frog anatomy model
- Moisture meter
- A multifunction magnifying glass with LED lights
- Wireless lapel microphone
- Party lights
- LED light with lighting effects that include Cop Car, Ambulance, Fire Engine, Lightning, Fireworks, TV, Candle, Party, Pulsing, Strobe, RGB Strobe, Paparazzi, Emergency, H/L Beam, Red/Green/Blue Flash, HSI Slow/Fast
- A thermal camera
- A selfie-stick tripod
- A Pickleball kit
- A super-Nintendo Entertainment System
…and lots more.
All items can be placed on hold. Some can be checked out for 7 days, others for up to 3 weeks. Check individual items for duration of checkout times.
The full list of available items can be seen here.
Here’s info from MCPLD newsletter on ways to help the library now that federal funding is in jeopardy.
“We need your help!
As a community, we need to figure out how to move forward without Federal Funding. The future of Federal funding is unknown at this time.
What can you do?
Email legislators to detail your library story, share what’s important to you, talk about what you want for your community and those that need to complete education goals to build a better future.
Donate to the Library Foundation You can direct your donation(s) to the Adult Learning Center specifically, if you desire.
Give us ideas on who to have conversations with, other funding considerations or other creative strategies at director@mcpld.org We will need a new funding model in the future that is not dependent on federal funding.”