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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 (glammr.us)
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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

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

I have inquired and apparently there are two other libraries in Vermont without bathrooms. One of them, Salisbury, is slated to get a bathroom with this grant series, the other has the dubious distinction of being the last one! They do have a porta-potty in the back. Look how lovely this teeny library is.

https://wellsvillagelibrary.com/

More details about the grants awarded: https://libraries.vermont.gov/capitalprojectgrants

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (13 children)

This grant project has been written up in the local paper and even though they got the name of my library wrong they did a good job explaining why accessibility in libraries is so important. If I am interpreting what the writer said correctly, the average age of a library in Vermont is 112. Can that be right? I'll have to #DoMyOwnResearch :blobcatbook:

https://www.timesargus.com/news/local/vermont-libraries-receive-16-4m-for-infrastructure-upgrades/article_9354f860-870f-11ef-b428-332408b12aa0.html

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@[email protected] I got this message! ;)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@[email protected] WHAT! Oh wow, that is ridiculous. Sounds like someone was too cheap to do GDPR compliance. But like... it's been a minute since that law was enacted. So tempting to try calling them and being like "Yes could you read this article to me?" With the Internet Archive still being pokey I'll have to queue it up at Archive.is and will drop the URL when it's processed.

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