According to NPR, there’s a library with a flashing LED billboard in Omaha, Nebraska that could be mistaken for a 3-D printer store.

That’s because this particular library, Do Space, is a technology library that offers free access to high-end software, 3-D printers, and laser cutters for businesses and artists—and not books. The library, which is funded by donors, essentially provides resources for people to carry out their entrepreneurial projects; as an example, one high school student, Frank Fu, uses the laser cutter and 3-D printer to design and sell jewelry online.

“I’ve always thought of libraries as places full of tools,” says Director Rebecca Stavick. “Books are tools, scrolls are tools, computers are tools. This vision of bringing technology to everyone in the community, it just gets people very excited.”

The library could serve as a model to other public libraries, which are indeed looking into expanding their own programming in their space to include technology tools, the article reads.

“To be sure, other public libraries are looking at this,” says Susan Benton of the Urban Libraries Council. “The density of the technology, and the scope and ability for a variety of programming to be going on at the same time, in one space, is unique.”

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