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{{Short description|Tool lending system in Alberta, Canada}}

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| library_name = Calgary Tool Library and Makerspace

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| ___location = [[Calgary, Alberta|Calgary]], [[Alberta]]

| coordinates = {{coord |51.0521|N|114.0408|W|display=inline}}

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| established = June 2014

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'''Calgary Tool Library''' ('''CTL''') is a tool lending [[public library]] system based in [[Calgary]], [[OntarioAlberta]], Canada. Tool libraries loan specialized tools for both experienced and inexperienced community members who are interested in home repair, maintenance, building projects, community projects, gardening and landscaping.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/community-associations-get-creative-in-effort-to-engage-citizens |title=Home improvement improved with a Calgary tool library |accessdate=January 5, 2017 |publisher=Calgary Herald |year=2014 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113000905/http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/community-associations-get-creative-in-effort-to-engage-citizens |archivedate=January 13, 2015 |df= }}</ref> Makerspaces provide access to tools and resources and host planned programming, workshops, free play and community group times related to making, DIY, and innovation. The CTL offers tool library memberships to any resident of Calgary and area and to organizations. The CTL is supported by The Calgary Foundation, First Calgary Financial, Brookfield Residential, and Remington Development Corporation.

The CTL offers tool library memberships to any resident of Calgary and area and to organizations. The CTL is supported by The Calgary Foundation, First Calgary Financial, Brookfield Residential, and Remington Development Corporation.

==History==

OnIn June 2014, the CTL was established in the lower level of the Bridgeland-Riverside Community Association, 917 Centre Ave NE, Calgary, OntarioAlberta.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/Home-improvement-improved-with-Calgary-tool-library/9816332/story.html |title=Calgary Tool Library open for business and already growing |accessdate=January 5, 2017 |publisher=Calgary Herald |date=August 5, 2014 }}</ref>

==Governance==

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==Services==

===Collections===

The tool library adapted Share Starter's free "Tool Library Starter Kit" <ref>[http://www.shareable.net/blog/how-to-start-a-tool-library How to start a tool library]</ref> which includes start up guidelines, frequently asked questions, and sample documents. The library uses "Local Tools" from "myTurn.com, PBC", a web-based inventory management system to track tool library members and to automatically display the tool availability online.<ref>[http://localtools.org/ Local Tools]</ref> The library has 500- specialized tools from power drills and ladders to pressure washers and roto-tillers to loan to community members with all skill levels welcomed.<ref name="Calgarytoollibrary2">{{cite web|url=https://Calgary.myturn.com/library/inventory/browse |title=Inventory |publisher=Calgarytoollibrary.com|accessdate=2015-04-10}}</ref> The inventory of equipment includes Automotive, Bike, Carpentry and Woodworking, Electrical and Soldering, Home Maintenance, Plumbing, Remodeling, Sustainable Living, Yard and Garden. The types of tools include Hand Tools, Power Tools and Cars. An open-source electronic inventory system called Local Tools is used to automatically track tools and display their availability online.

===Training===

The Calgary Tool Library offers affordable workshops open both to Tool Library members and the public on tool related skills and projects. In the Intro to Tools workshop, participants built a planter box; while in Routers 101, attendees created a cutting board.

==Mission==

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==Branches==

* Calgary Tool Library, 917 Centre Ave NE, Calgary, Alberta.

The Calgary Tool Library is current closed due to Covid.

==See also==

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==External links==

*[http://calgarytoollibrary.org Calgary Tool Library] - official site

*[http://brcacalgary.org/ Bridgeland Riverside Community Association]

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