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-===Resource Banks===+====== Resource banks ====== 
 The best example are libraries, which are basically resource banks specialized in books. If you need an item for sporadic use for a day, a weekend, or a few days, you can borrow it from a resource bank. Objects you can borrow can be tools, sports or mountain equipment, devices, or even spaces. They can be centralized, like libraries, or decentralized using an app or another organization tool. Apart from "resource bank" they are also called "libraries of things" or "lending libraries". The best example are libraries, which are basically resource banks specialized in books. If you need an item for sporadic use for a day, a weekend, or a few days, you can borrow it from a resource bank. Objects you can borrow can be tools, sports or mountain equipment, devices, or even spaces. They can be centralized, like libraries, or decentralized using an app or another organization tool. Apart from "resource bank" they are also called "libraries of things" or "lending libraries".
  
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 For them to work well they need a minimum of people who use it. Until they have a critical mass of a few dozen active users, they must be actively energized. Because they do not generate money, nobody is paid to energize them, so it's up to you. It's not much effort, half an hour a week is more than enough, just a little push. It is worthwhile because it greatly improves the prosperity of users and their quality of life since it expands the amount of things to which all have access to and fosters community and connection. For them to work well they need a minimum of people who use it. Until they have a critical mass of a few dozen active users, they must be actively energized. Because they do not generate money, nobody is paid to energize them, so it's up to you. It's not much effort, half an hour a week is more than enough, just a little push. It is worthwhile because it greatly improves the prosperity of users and their quality of life since it expands the amount of things to which all have access to and fosters community and connection.
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 The best place to start is your local library! The best place to start is your local library!
  
-This page contains a map of some resource banks in the world,although many are not on this map. You can look for one near you and if you know one that is not there, please add it yourself! +This page contains a map of some resource banks in the world,although many are not on this map. You can look for one near you and if you know one that is not there, please add it yourself! [[https://localtools.org/find/#map_top|https://localtools.org/find/#map_top]] 
-https://localtools.org/find/#map_top+ 
 +Here we will organize Resource Banks by localization. 
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 +[[https://openaccesseconomy.org/doku.php?id=global_resource_banks|Global]] 
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 +=== Organized by Country === 
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 +[[https://openaccesseconomy.org/doku.php?id=catalonia_resource_banks&do=edit|Catalonia]]\\ 
 +[[https://openaccesseconomy.org/doku.php?id=spain_resource_banks|Spain]]\\ 
 +[[https://openaccesseconomy.org/doku.php?id=usa_resource_banks|USA]] 
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