Your library can loan out more than books. Known as a library of things, you can check out tools, seeds, equipment, and more.

The abrupt closure of Baker & Taylor to public libraries has forced them to scramble to find alternative sources.

Erin Dummeyer: Most people were telling me that libraries were going to become obsolete. Scott Brill: Yes! ED: And we just have Google now. They really didn’t realize that’s an incredibly rude thing ...