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Andrew D Thaler

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Library funding is almost always justified through patron numbers. The more people a library serves, the more funding it gets. So even if you don't regularly use a public library, get a library card. It costs you nothing and helps everyone in your community.

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Paul Rosenberg's avatar Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social
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yeah, I haven't been to my local library since Covid, but I use their electronic resources all the time.

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LA Guettler [insert cleverness here]'s avatar LA Guettler [insert cleverness here] @laguettler.bsky.social
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I mean, library cards do have a cost. It's just paid in your property taxes (for most people)

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Jason Rinn's avatar Jason Rinn @jrinn.bsky.social
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My local library includes access to Kanopy, which has a great selection of older movies. It’s a nice free bonus. Many libraries have similar digital services.

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Adrianna Cuevas's avatar Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social
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Yes! In my county, you can get a library card to any city’s library in the county. I have five library cards. 👍🏽

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Mike Wiser's avatar Mike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social
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So, honest question: I use my library a *lot*. How can I most effectively take action to try to increase their budget? The library does *so much good stuff*, and I'd love for them to have more money, either to do more or just have more staff to reduce burnout.

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Kim Marshall's avatar Kim Marshall @dangerblond.bsky.social
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I never actually go to the library, but I use Libby, Hoopla and Kanopy constantly. Does that count?

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jcc333's avatar jcc333 @jcc333.bsky.social
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It's really interesting to read this as a rur@l because, our library is partially town-funded, and partially funded by the elected board's fundraising activity. Can you go into some more details / throw me a link to learn more about how it usually works in bigger places?

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Jen in Motion's avatar Jen in Motion @jeninmotion.bsky.social
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Also if you’re an avid reader you can do what I do and get every card in the region you have access to. 7 cards on Libby is sweet and anyone in the DMV is entitled to ‘em

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Rachel F's avatar Rachel F @bibli0rach.bsky.social
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We have a dashboard for our strategic plan, so we can share our goals and track our progress transparently. You can see what we're tracking and contribute that way too
performance.envisio.com/dashboard/de...

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's avatar @upstatedaisy.bsky.social
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Also, volunteer (I’m on a Friends of group) and/or become a trustee (my spouse just did). Trusteeship is a good way to become skilled in all sorts of aspects of how a public institution works and can be a stepping stone to running for office. So YES to all of the points already mentioned.

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Andy Barnett's avatar Andy Barnett @hof1991.bsky.social
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You can use a library without ever walking in the doors. Ebooks. Consumer reports online. Genealogy-local especially. Audiobook downloads. But you need a card.

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jameshjacksonjr 's avatar jameshjacksonjr @jameshjacksonjr.social
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My grandmother was a career librarian for 41 years so ive always had a library card sence i was kid, and still have one and use it by visiting the same local library she worked at. fun fact you already know but others may not know reading this is one can check out eBooks from their local library

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