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I think in Ohio, it's all about
community outreach.

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Certainly, we've learned a lot
of lessons during the height of

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the pandemic and ongoing
pandemic, and it seems like the

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library services have turned
outward and they want that from

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the state library as well.

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So certainly the flexibility
that we had with CARES and ARPA

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have kind of dictated that.

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But even before that, Ohio's
libraries have found ways to

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utilize LSTA funds for all sorts
of outreach.

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A very rural county in Ohio was
able to actually acquire an

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outreach vehicle with ARPA funds
through one of our sub grant

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programs and it does not have
any branches.

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It's a one library for an entire
rural county system.

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It has a large Amish population.

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So a population that's a little
more resistant obviously to

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using some of the technology and
this library system now has a

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way to really go out and reach
that community in particular,

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but all communities in their
counties in a way that they

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didn't before.