Libraries are not just a place, but an idea, an expression of shared public resources used for public good without cost being a barrier to entry, biblioracle writes.
We all know libraries are places for books and periodicals or public access to the internet, but libraries are many more things than that. You can get help with your taxes at the library. You can rent tools at the library, as I discovered when I needed a post hole digger to implant a new mailbox.
She told me that while the programming was meant as a way to connect when folks were spending lots of time at home, the trend of patrons wanting more programming to come to them in their homes was already underway pre-pandemic, and has only accelerated as people have become increasingly “comfortable” with the technology.
These funds, along with aid from the Illinois State Library and the Illinois Heartland Library System, have helped the program thrive out of the gate.
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