康科德公共图书馆万圣节出借“捉鬼装备” 借个热成像仪过节成新潮流
10月24日，新罕布什尔州首府康科德市的公共图书馆推出一项应景的万圣节服务：居民可以像借书一样，从图书馆借走一台“捉鬼探测器”或热成像相机，用来在万圣节期间“调查”自家房屋里是否有超自然现象。这些设备属于该馆“物品图书馆”收藏的一部分，其宗旨是帮助居民省钱、先试用再决定是否购买，避免一时兴起买下的设备只用一晚、此后多年闲置。
除了捉鬼装备，该馆的物品图书馆还提供卡拉OK机、金属探测器、望远镜、匹克球套装、碎纸机、汽车故障码读取仪以及将旧录像带转为数字文件的设备，覆盖生活、娱乐与维修多个场景。
图书馆方面表示，万圣节只是个有趣的切入点，背后是更实在的消费理念：有些东西临时拥有一下就够了。至于借走设备的居民当晚是否真能遇到“超自然现象”，那就是另一回事了。
来源：GSM·美国
Concord Public Library Lends Out 'Ghost-Hunting' Kits for Halloween
On October 24, the public library in Concord, the capital of New Hampshire, rolled out a timely Halloween service: residents can check out a "ghost detector" or a thermal-imaging camera just like a book, to "investigate" whether their homes have any supernatural activity during the holiday. The devices are part of the library's "Library of Things" collection, whose purpose is to help residents save money by trying equipment before deciding whether to buy, avoiding impulse purchases used once and shelved for years.
Beyond the ghost-hunting gear, the Library of Things offers karaoke machines, metal detectors, telescopes, pickleball sets, paper shredders, car diagnostic-code readers and equipment to convert old videotapes to digital files, spanning daily life, entertainment and repair.
The library said Halloween is just a fun entry point; behind it is a more practical consumption idea — some things you only need to have temporarily. Whether borrowers that night actually encounter anything "supernatural" is, of course, another matter.
Source: GSM News
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：新罕布什尔州议会大厦。图片经 Wikimedia Commons。 New Hampshire State House. Via Wikimedia Commons.
