Library of Things

Dig out those old shoeboxes filled with slides and negatives and get ready to see your old family photos again! With The Hive’s Digital Image Converter, you’ll be able to convert your 35mm slides, negative film, and photographs to digital files to share your memories with family and friends. Also available for checkout.

Take your digital photography and video production to new heights with The Hive's Green Screen Backdrop Kit. Take photos or shoot videos in front of the green screen and then use a computer program to edit the backgrounds with whatever art, images, or videos you want behind your subject to make professional grade photos and videos. Also available for checkout.

Loved by jewelry, craft, and lapidary hobbyists, rock tumbling is also popular with people who want to discover the hidden beauty of rocks and minerals. Tumble your rocks until they are polished smooth with the library's rock tumbler. Only available for checkout.

Get connected to the Internet from anywhere with the library's hotspot. This device uses Verizon’s network to give you blazing fast internet speed. Available for checkout. *Internet capable device required.

Capture high-quality, professional shots of small products such as makeup, food, jewelry, and electronic devices with the Amazon Basics portable photo studio box.

Create perfect studio portraits and more with our ring light kit. This kit contains a tripod stand, orange filter set, white filter set, ring light head, remote control, flexible gooseneck, ball head adapter, smartphone holder, power adapter, power cable, and instruction manual housed in a black tote bag.

Enjoy the outdoors and learn the basics of bird identification. This kit contains an over-the-shoulder backpack, binoculars, monocular telescope, Iowa Birds folding pocket guide, Iowa Wildlife folding pocket guide, Iowa Trees & Wildflowers folding pocket guide, and the Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America.

Dig out those old slides and view them as they were intended! Included is a carousel slide projector with a rotary slide tray, remote control, power cord, and operating manual housed in the original box.

Ready to learn a new instrument? Check out one of our ukuleles!