Describe Project and Impact:
Provide fishing gear for checkout at select locations.
Project Description and Expected Outcomes:
Many libraries have begun providing non-traditional lending materials, and one of the more popular collections is fishing gear--rods, reels, tackle boxes, etc. This might bring in a segment of the community that currently doesn't think the library has much to offer them. If there were a way to enable the chosen locations to also provide a fishing license, some of our smaller, outlying libraries (on the way to the fishin' hole) might see a significant increase in visitors.
Why should we select this project?:
This will bring a service that I think would be quite popular in Oklahoma. By providing gear for adults and children, we can bring in regular fishers who want to see what we have (e.g. someone may want to try a fly rod without buying one) as well as introduce people to fishing. And we just might convince someone to use a fishing pole instead of shoving their arm in a hole in the riverbank.
Constraints, Limitations, or Dependencies:
Fishing gear will smell...fishy. Hooks have pointy ends. People will inevitably lose rods in the lake.
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