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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] hm, that made me go "vibes check out" if a ton were from the Carnegie era? 1883 to 1929.

Not just Carnegie buildings but from that era of Carnegies. And or in buildings that took over from local govt?

I would certainly believe it if they said the median vs. the average

But I'm intrigued!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

@[email protected] Yeah I mean the actual quote totally screams "AN AI WROTE THIS" because it says "The mean age of the libraries in the state according to a survey by the Vermont Department of Libraries is 1912" Like 1912 is not an age, but I get the gist. I do assume it was Carnegie-adjacent. My library is from 1909 iirc so I bet a lot are from exactly that decade-ish.

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