Need
Library
fills the
tool gap
SAND
POLISH
DRILL
By MELISSA HILTON
Of the Emerald
It's not like a regular library,
stacked with books and full of
quiet book worms doing research.
It’s a tool library, the main pro
ject of Action Now, a student build
ing cooperative at 1557 Agate St.
University students can borrow
tools free of charge for carpentry
and other projects, check out
books on how to use them and ask
for advice. There is even a 16-foot
truck available to help students
move.
“It’s a type of institution that
doesn’t exist anywhere else,”
says Mark Talbrook, Action Now
director. “Eugene is unique in this
respect. It works well too, we only
lose about one tool a year.” The
tool library serves approximately
four people daily.
If you 've neglected a home repair job because you lacked the needed
tools, Action Now can help you meet the task. The ASUO-sponsored
organization has a tool library that students and faculty can use at no
As well as running the tool lib
rary, Action Now provides a link
for volunteers to work on building
and design projects in the com
munity, and teaches SEARCH
classes on alternative technology.
The group will sponsor a
SEARCH class spring term to
work on the Laurel Hill project
building, an energy self-sufficient
house. Students will be able to
explore anything from bio
systems, aquaculture and solar
energy house design to ferro
cement construction and simple
framing.
Action Now was founded six
years ago by Carlos Batista, a
University architecture student, as
a student activist group. Since
then the group has developed
models for community design,
helped older people rebuild their
homes and recycled buildings.
Photo by F.H.A.T Axmacher
cost. Even if you have a need for a 16-foot truck, Action Now can
provide it.
Last summer it conducted a
SEARCH class on building solar
collectors.
The group receives approxi
mately $3,000 per year from stu
dent fees. The tool library is
stocked in part through donations
and partly with tools purchased
with student fees and money
raised from film showings. The
next film, “Drive, He Said,” will be
shown on Friday, Feb. 3.
A volunteer project, Action Now
has only two paid staff members
More volunteers, new ideas for
projects and 'people with energy
are always welcome, Talbrook
says.
The library is open 9-10 a m.
and 4:30-5:30 p.m. Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays and 11
a m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thurs
days. For more information, call
686-3702.
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