Rural Libraries, Technology and Funding: Where Do We Go From Here?
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Prepare and prioritize critical programming, collections, and technology services.
Jennifer Thiele shares how rural libraries can deliver critical programming, collections, and technology services to their communities.
With the potential loss of federal funding streams, grants, and stagnant or declining local budget funds, rural public librarians are constantly re-evaluating the services they provide to their communities. How do we prepare and prioritize critical programming, collections, and technology services to continue to provide access to information in rural areas?
In this session, Jennifer Thiele will discuss some of the issues at hand, and how librarians have worked through them with budgetary shifts, partnering with support agencies, advocacy campaigns, and other methods.
Join us on Wednesday, March 11 , 2026
at 2:00 pm US Eastern, 11:00 am US Pacific
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About Jennifer
Jennifer Thiele spent 15 years directing rural public libraries in Northeastern Wisconsin before transitioning into teaching in the LSU School of Information Studies as an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice. Her dissertation focused on interviewing rural librarians about their experiences in the Midwest. Dr. Thiele also designed coursework for certification programs geared at small public libraries in the state of Wisconsin. She has just written a book on Rural Public Librarianship through Bloomsbury Publishers.
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