Author: LaurenManes
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The TTL Silent Auction is open for bidding!
Maybe you’ve heard about the TTL’s Garage Sale and Fundraiser on Saturday, May 31st, 2025, from 9 AM to 12 noon, outside the TTL on the 2nd floor of the Tacoma Public Library Main Branch. But you don’t have to wait until then to participate: we have an online auction going too! See all our…
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Join the Tacoma Tool Library Board of Directors!
Board member Packy Regan says, “Becoming a Board member for the TTL only requires about 3-5 hours a month and provides a great learning experience for those wanting to serve the community in a different way. If you don’t have Board experience but have skills to offer, let’s talk!” Learn more and apply now.
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Electronics repair launching at Fix-It Nights
Starting on Thursday, May 29, Fix-It Nights will include repair of laptops, phones, computers and printers! Bring your own parts for screen repairs. We will have tools but no parts on hand and no soldering capabilities. Anticipated fix time is 30-90 minutes per item. Items we can work on: As always, Fix-It Night will be…
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2025 is a year of growth for the TTL!
As of today, we have 896 active members, which is a 21% growth in active members since the beginning of the year. There are 340 of you new members, and that’s 61% more new members than we had in ALL of 2024! Sign up, renew your membership, or learn how it all works on our…
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We’ve hit tool number 15000!
Our inventory started at tool number 10000, and volunteer cataloger Jenna just cataloged #15000! So over 5000 tools have been through our inventory. Many of them have since broken, disappeared, or otherwise been retired from the catalog, but as of today we have 3,260 active tools. What does a volunteer cataloger do? Glad you asked.…
