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What are some physical items that should be available at libraries for people to borrow? (lemmy.ca)
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This article got me thinking about it: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/radon-testing-libraries-9.6937952

A lot of items could work, but is there something you think we should prioritize first?

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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don’t know how long it’d last, but an external CD-ROM drive could be useful in this day and age.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    I'd add external floppy drives to that, and any means of digitizing VHS tapes and audio cassettes. Many people will need these once in a lifetime to try to recover information of personal value from obsolete media, but almost no one will need them more than once.

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