Rural and small libraries are preserving their communities’ stories with help from the @internetarchive / #CommunityWebs program.
In Sept., Librarians from across the U.S. gathered in Albuquerque at the Association for Rural & Small Libraries Conference to learn web archiving, oral histories, community scanning, & strategies to capture local news, blogs, & digital history before it’s lost.
Learn more ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/10/01/rurallibraries/
See Also: Statements in Response to Executive Order Impacting the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Last Update: April 1, 2025; 4:05pm Latest Entries CA: San Diego Public Libraries Brace for Budget Cuts (via Axios San Diego) IL: Libraries and Museums in Illinois are Hit by Trump Executive Order (via WGLT) ME: Maine’s Rural […]
From The Boston Globe: State policy makers should do more to meet the unique needs of small rural libraries. These libraries need more money, and one way to ensure they get it would be for state lawmakers to set aside some library funding specifically for rural libraries, so that they are not competing with bigger […]
True story...
So, a local #library (in a rural area) I used to work for decided to just eliminate their #DVDs a few years back. "Oh, all the patrons have #streaming now," the director said. "Um, then why do a lot of our patrons use our computers and regularly take out DVDs?" I replied, after taking a look at the library statistics. I ended up "adopting" a lot of the DVDs, and now that there's a new director, I'm thinking I might donate my collection (which is quite extensive, since I've added to it) back to them, and start volunteering there again.
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