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– Scaling up

The Library of Things team is now looking to expand the new smart borrowing kiosk to nine other
earmarked locations around the capital over the next three years, and also to create a social franchise
to assist other communities to open up their own Library of Things thus making the sharing economy
a reality for everyone (The Library of Things, 2018).

For the successful operation of a Library of Things, several stakeholders need to have a symbiotic
involvement, as illustrated by the figure below.

Figure 5: The Library of Things General Stakeholder System Map (Ameli, 2017)

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