Ilsley in the Press: “A Library of Things: Non-Traditional Items to Borrow”
David Gunn
Editor, VLCT Journal
Vermont League of Cities and Towns
July 4, 2022
It has been many years since libraries were only a place to borrow books. These days, many libraries across the state supplement their thousands of loanable books with “libraries of things” – that is, non-traditional materials, whose makeup grows and is modified in response to the needs of the community.