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Access Over Ownership: Case Studies of Libraries of Things sustainability Article Access Over Ownership: Case Studies of Libraries of Things Denise Baden 1,* , Ken Peattie 2 and Adekunle Oke 3 1 Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK 2 Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3EU, UK; peattie@cardiff.ac.uk 3 Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen AB10 7QE, UK; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +44-(0)23-8059-8966 Received: 31 July 2020; Accepted: 31 August 2020; Published: 2 September 2020 Abstract: Over the last decade there has been increasing interest in the concept of the sharing economy, which replaces the focus on individual ownership with a focus on access to goods and services through borrowing, hiring or sharing. This study investigates the efficacy of extending the library concept to include more items, such as those that are used infrequently. The aim is to explore how Libraries of Things (LoTs) operate and the potential to broaden their appeal, reach and sustainability. This study adopts a multiple case study method to provide a snapshot of six LoTs in the UK. Findings indicate that all LoTs shared common environmental and social values, with the most prevalent values being to use the library concept to reduce resource use and waste and to enable more equitable access to goods. All relied on volunteers and public support, in the form of free or discounted space and none were yet economically self-sufficient. This poses important questions about the future for LoTs and whether they could or even should, transition towards the mainstream to make a more substantive contribution to creating a more socially equitable and environmentally sustainable economy. Keywords: access-based consumption; circular economy; collaborative consumption; library of things; product service systems; sharing economy; sustainable business models 1. Introduction Circular economy (CE) approaches are seen as crucial to the pursuit of sustainability because they seek to ‘close the loop’ of production/consumption systems to increase the efficiency of resource use and decouple economic value creation from the destruction of finite resources [1,2]. CE approaches have attracted increasing focus to deliver more sustainable business and development that better balances the economy, the environment and society [1,2]. A common thread within the CE literature is that it requires the implementation of innovative business models [3–5], for example a shift from ownership-based models to ones based on performance or “pay-per-use” [6]. A business model describes and explains how a firm creates, delivers and captures value through various frameworks and components, including the key elements of product, customer interface, infrastructure management and financial model [7]. A key focus of circular business model (CBM) studies has been on commercial manufacturers and their evolution from conventional “linear” and wasteful systems towards more circular, resource-conserving business models. This has led to a comparative neglect of models based around sharing and product re-use, where the main emphasis is on service provision and customer relationship management [8]. It also means the role played by start-ups and by less conventional types of enterprise (e.g., social or community enterprises), adopting CBMs remains underexplored. Sharing economy business models—as a subset of CBMs—are increasingly being a means of sustainable value creation [9,10]. 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