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Thinking about how our library's old floor sander finally gave out last month after smoothing probably 200 floors.
We had to pool donations for a new one, which got me wondering if anyone else has a tool in their library that's just seen too much love and how you handled replacing it.
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michaelw262d ago
That old sander sounds like a real workhorse. Our branch had a similar thing happen with a heavy duty hole punch. The arm just snapped clean off. We ended up putting a picture of the old one on the donation jar with a note about how many years it served. People really connected with that and we got the replacement funded pretty quick. Sometimes showing the worn out tool does the trick.
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skylerw872d ago
That picture on the donation jar is such a good idea. It makes the whole thing feel real, like you're replacing a part of the library's story, not just a broken machine. We should have done that with our sander, it had this deep groove worn in the handle from decades of use. Giving something a little history makes people want to be part of the next chapter.
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