I have one of these in our neighborhood: https://littlefreelibrary.org/
You don't get to know who takes or leaves it, but it is a nice little feature that enhances the walkability of our neighborhood.
You don't get to know who takes or leaves it, but it is a nice little feature that enhances the walkability of our neighborhood.
Libraries are not just stacks of books. Information access is an ongoing challenge that requires experts to help others navigate. Libraries have librarians for this. In that sense, LFLs aren’t libraries at all, they’re just book boxes with an unclear mission and no documented success criteria.
> unclear mission and no documented success criteria.
I think if a single person (rich or poor) read a single book they otherwise wouldn't... then it was a success.
A single person reading a book they wouldn’t have otherwise is an absolutely miserable ROI for the materials and labor involved. It would be much more efficient to just offer the first person you meet a free book of their choice from Amazon.
Eh - whats the harm? Not everything needs to have a positive ROI.
If you want to reduce it down to “LFLs make people with extra books feel good” then, great, it’s obviously a resounding success, as evidenced by all the articles of people who built them beaming.