MCDL's Tools and Tech collection features items you may need only once, or would like to try before you buy! It includes items many patrons have asked for as well as some you never knew you needed.
Tools and Tech items are loaned for 14 days, limit one item per library card, and may not be renewed or reserved in advance. There is a $5 per day late fee and replacement cost varies by item.
This story from Channel 5 News explains the service in-depth.
Available at all MCDL locations:
- Acer Chromebooks: A laptop for at-home use.
- Wi-Fi Hotspots: Take Wi-Fi with you wherever you can get a cell signal. Limit one checkout per household per 30 day period. Check Hotspot availability.
- Long Loan Wi-Fi Hotspots (DIAL): These Wi-Fi Hotspots are ideal for patrons in need of reliable, free, Wi-Fi in their homes and are made available through the county-wide Digital Inclusion And Literacy (DIAL) partnership. Long Loan Wi-Fi Hotspots are available for one 28-day loan. Patrons who obtain a DIAL class completion certificate may renew the Hotspot for up to 56 days total. All patrons may borrow another Long Loan Wi-Fi Hotspot immediately upon return, if available. Federal funding for this program expires at the end of 2024. These Hotspots will be due back to MCDL Dec. 28, 2024.
Available at Medina Library:
- Binoculars: Which birds are out in your garden or trees?
- Blood Pressure Monitor: Is your blood pressure at a safe level?
- Car Engine Fault Code Reader: What's your Check Engine Light telling you?
- Color Blind Glasses: See the world in a whole new way. Available in adult and kids sizes
- Digital Scanner Pen: Want to scan text into a document or have it read aloud to you?
- Digital Action Camera: What adventures will you record?
- External Blu-ray/DVD/CD Writers: Write and read ALL the disks.
- Film Digitizer in 8mm & Super 8: Bring memories into the 21st century.
- HDMI Projector: What will you share at your next meeting or family reunion?
- Home Movie Digitizer & Player: Bring memories into the 21st century.
- Inflatable Projection Screen: Host a movie in the great outdoors!
- Kill A Watt Electricity Monitor: Are your appliances or devices wasting electricity?
- Metal Detector: What's hiding in your back yard?
- Pickleball Set: Set up and play just about anywhere!
- Portable Blu-ray/DVD Player: Enjoy Blu-rays and DVDs on the go or on your TV.
- Portable Telescope: What's going on in the sky tonight?
- Radon Detector: Is there radon lurking in your home?
- SAD Lamp: Get a sunny boost on a grey day.
- Slide Scanner: Bring memories into the 21st century.
- Soprano Ukulele: Got the urge to make some music?
- Stud finder: Want to hang that mirror or picture securely?
- Thermal Leak Detector: How drafty are your doors and windows?
- Traffic Cones: Ace your maneuverability test!
- USB microphone: Do you have a song or podcast inside of you?