Berkeley Public Library: Culinary Tools & More
The Tool Lending Library has provided Berkeley residents with access to free home repair and maintenance tools for over 40 years. The collection has been expanded in recent years to include bike repair tools, as well as smartphone and tablet repair kits.

Now, kitchen tools are available as well!

 
You may remember our community surveys - your input was sought to determine which kitchen tools would be most useful to you. 

The culinary collection debuts this week with kitchen tools such as: 
  • sous vide cookers
  • air fryers
  • ice cream makers
  • pasta makers
  • dehydrators
  • canning equipment
  • tortilla presses
  • novelty baking pans
  • induction cooktops
  • coffee roasters
  • and more!
Ready to get cooking?
The culinary tool collection is made possible by the generous support of the Berkeley Public Library Foundation.
 
All Tools can now be Reserved Online
Search for and place holds on tools of all kinds - including the new kitchen tools - in a new online catalog dedicated just to tools. 

Watch the "how to" video for the scoop!
 
More March Happenings

There are plenty of virtual events happening in the last few weeks of March!


Check the online event calendar for a complete listing of events.
 
UC Cal Scientist Lectures:
Chemical Recycling of Plastics
&
From Chocolate to Steel: The Materials Science behind Everyday Life

March 16 - 5:30pm
 
Antidotes to White Fragility Workshop

March 17 - 6pm
Book Discussion

Hamnet, A Novel of the Plague
by Maggie O'Farrell

March 25 - 6pm
Libraries are Central

Roman Mars, Berkeley Ballet Theatre and More

Stream now
Tech Help
1:1 appointments

 
Mondays 11-12noon
 
Lawyers in the Library
1:1 appointments


March 25 - 6-8pm
Personal Finance at the Library
1:1 Appointments

March 23 - 4-6pm
Covered California Health Insurance
Enrollment Assistance

 
March 27 - 3pm
Chakras 101
March 22 - 4pm 
 
 Chakras 102
March 29 - 4pm 
 
Resume Workshop

The Focused Approach Works

March 23 - 5pm
For Our Younger Patrons
Kids Virtual Yoga

March 18 - 4pm
&
March 25 - 4pm
Meet Compost Heroes
Earthworms, Microbes, Molds and more!

March 20 - 2:30pm
 
Family Storytime
with the Children's Librarians

Wednesdays - 10:30am
Programming is made possible by the generous support of the 
Friends of the Berkeley Public Library.
 
Have you watched Reading is Instrumental,
the musical all-star story time?
Catch up on episodes of the all-star musical story time brought to you by the Library, the Berkeley Public Library Foundation and the Berkeley Symphony.
 
Berkeley Public Library
chosen for CREI Initiative by State Library
The Library is committed to championing and demonstrating social and racial equity.

This February, the Library applied for and was awarded acceptance into the 
California Libraries Cultivating Race, Equity and Inclusion (CREI) Initiative, funded by a grant by the California State Library.

Through participation in this cohort program of the coming months, the Library will benefit from being a part of 
a network of California libraries dedicated to equity-based services and collections and who are actively developing staff training, equity tools and resources to help better serve our diverse communities. 
 
Tax Resources
Need Tax Support?

The Library's website has many resources to explore this tax season.
 
Reminder: Updates on Library Services during Covid-19
 The Library will continue to provide updates via this e-newsletter, on social media and in our FAQs on our website:
 
berkeleypubliclibrary.org/coronavirus.
 
For the latest Covid-19 news from the City of Berkeley please refer to:
 
www.cityofberkeley.info/coronavirus.
 
 
Berkeley Public Library
2090 Kittredge St.
Berkeley, California 94704
510.981.6100
www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/