The Library Map of Vermont
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The “Library Map of Vermont” was created in 1914 to track all 225 brick and mortar libraries as well as 267 traveling library stations around the state. In this episode we’ll ask; Can a map truly show what it means for a community to have a well-supported library… and when communities lack that?
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The “Library Map of Vermont” was created in 1914 under the auspices of the State Free Public Library Commission – what is today the Vermont Department of Libraries – to track all 225 brick and mortar libraries as well as 267 traveling library stations around the state. The map shows what it really means for a community to have a well-supported library… and when communities lack that. To really understand what that meant in 1914 and what it means today, we talked to some people with deep experience in Vermont libraries.
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