It seems almost a universal experience, walking into your garage to stumble upon a plethora of rarely used tools, sports equipment and other appliances. These items have spent the majority of their life comfortably sitting on a shelf, collecting dust, having been used once or twice. Why buy these things when you can borrow them?

A library of things is just like a regular library but instead of books you can borrow tools, equipment and other useful things. The movement has been growing rapidly around the world, with many libraries already popping up all over Sydney.