There are a lot of tiny libraries in Vermont, some of them serve communities so small they don’t have a “capital campaigns” option for doing needed improvements. Many aren’t accessible. Vermont just announced awards of over $15mil in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money much of which will help our smallest libraries get more accessible.

In one case, they’re expanding a library so that it can have a bathroom. Not just a public bathroom, a bathroom.

https://www.westonlibraryexpansion.org/

#vermont #libraries

  • Jessamyn@glammr.usOP
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    5 hours ago

    Well I’ve contacted the state library and they’ve given me not just a spreadsheet, but a confirmation that the MEDIAN year Vermont libraries were built was 1912. The AVERAGE of all the build dates that they have is 1919. I have received a very exciting (to me) spreadsheet with a lot of interesting facts and figures.

    The average operating income of a public library in Vermont is $160K of tax income and 47K or so of “other” (grants, endowments &c). They’re open an average of 31 hours a week.