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We need to actually do it! Anyone could start one. Someone in the no-buy community, or an actual librarian, would be the best choice.
I think hobbyist communities are also a good starting point. For example a bicycle community sharing bikes/tools/accessories. All it would take is a handful of people with an interest in common to get a private X library going.
As a librarian who has done some of the exploratory research into starting a local asset-sharing collective, LendEngine is useful, intuitive, and pretty cheap. I have not found anything FOSS that does the equivalent, but any programmers that want to help the movement, have at it.
That sounds like a great project to work on, I’ll look into it.
Fuck yeah. Thanks, comrade.