Jamie Loftus

So now you get your tax forms there, maybe they have a social worker on staff, it's the place that homeless folks can sit when it's snowing. Yeah. So that kind of is like a little bit of side from what we're talking about right here, but I really do want to point out that public libraries have become the social safety net in many, many places.

So now you get your tax forms there, maybe they have a social worker on staff, it's the place that homeless folks can sit when it's snowing. Yeah. So that kind of is like a little bit of side from what we're talking about right here, but I really do want to point out that public libraries have become the social safety net in many, many places.

So now you get your tax forms there, maybe they have a social worker on staff, it's the place that homeless folks can sit when it's snowing. Yeah. So that kind of is like a little bit of side from what we're talking about right here, but I really do want to point out that public libraries have become the social safety net in many, many places.

So that aside, offerings of, aside from books and other media, including e-books, audio books, movies in lots of formats, magazines, newspapers, there are tons of classes about all sorts of things, especially technology classes. It's a place that a lot of people, it's their only reliable internet access. So in 2025, you can't do mostly anything without the internet.

So that aside, offerings of, aside from books and other media, including e-books, audio books, movies in lots of formats, magazines, newspapers, there are tons of classes about all sorts of things, especially technology classes. It's a place that a lot of people, it's their only reliable internet access. So in 2025, you can't do mostly anything without the internet.

So that aside, offerings of, aside from books and other media, including e-books, audio books, movies in lots of formats, magazines, newspapers, there are tons of classes about all sorts of things, especially technology classes. It's a place that a lot of people, it's their only reliable internet access. So in 2025, you can't do mostly anything without the internet.

You can't get a job without the internet. You can't maybe pay your bills without the internet. So that's a reliable place that people who don't have internet for various reasons, maybe they live so far out in the country that just doesn't go there unless you have satellite, right? Even now. Or maybe you can't afford it or whatever.

You can't get a job without the internet. You can't maybe pay your bills without the internet. So that's a reliable place that people who don't have internet for various reasons, maybe they live so far out in the country that just doesn't go there unless you have satellite, right? Even now. Or maybe you can't afford it or whatever.

You can't get a job without the internet. You can't maybe pay your bills without the internet. So that's a reliable place that people who don't have internet for various reasons, maybe they live so far out in the country that just doesn't go there unless you have satellite, right? Even now. Or maybe you can't afford it or whatever.

Or there's one computer in your house and there's six kids and someone has to do their homework, so what's everyone else going to do? So then the computers themselves... And then also, the other thing that IMLS also does is those grants will sometimes purchase research databases.

Or there's one computer in your house and there's six kids and someone has to do their homework, so what's everyone else going to do? So then the computers themselves... And then also, the other thing that IMLS also does is those grants will sometimes purchase research databases.

Or there's one computer in your house and there's six kids and someone has to do their homework, so what's everyone else going to do? So then the computers themselves... And then also, the other thing that IMLS also does is those grants will sometimes purchase research databases.

So if kids especially are trying to do their homework, again, like children's and teens programming is another thing between homework help, social things, clubs. So in a lot of places where there's not much going on, it's one of the places where young people can go in the afternoon or on the weekend and study.

So if kids especially are trying to do their homework, again, like children's and teens programming is another thing between homework help, social things, clubs. So in a lot of places where there's not much going on, it's one of the places where young people can go in the afternoon or on the weekend and study.

So if kids especially are trying to do their homework, again, like children's and teens programming is another thing between homework help, social things, clubs. So in a lot of places where there's not much going on, it's one of the places where young people can go in the afternoon or on the weekend and study.

not be getting in trouble either because they're making trouble or the adults think they are because there's somewhere productive to be there's somewhere that's inside supervised there's something to do and so That's the kind of stuff we talk about in normal times when we're trying to fight for weekend service or later hours.

not be getting in trouble either because they're making trouble or the adults think they are because there's somewhere productive to be there's somewhere that's inside supervised there's something to do and so That's the kind of stuff we talk about in normal times when we're trying to fight for weekend service or later hours.

not be getting in trouble either because they're making trouble or the adults think they are because there's somewhere productive to be there's somewhere that's inside supervised there's something to do and so That's the kind of stuff we talk about in normal times when we're trying to fight for weekend service or later hours.

But if we're looking at it in the lens of IMLS, the building might be open, maybe, because maybe they have the foundational operationals, but then there won't be these programs, there won't be these resources, there'll just be a bunch of books on the shelves.

But if we're looking at it in the lens of IMLS, the building might be open, maybe, because maybe they have the foundational operationals, but then there won't be these programs, there won't be these resources, there'll just be a bunch of books on the shelves.