Association for Rural & Small Libraries 
“The mission of the Association for Rural and Small Libraries is to provide a network of people and materials to support rural and small library staff, volunteers, and trustees to integrate the library thoroughly with the life and work of the community it serves.”
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ARSL Conferences
Updated information on the upcoming 2009 ARSL Conference is now available.
If you couldn't join us at the 2008 annual conferenece, handouts and presentations are available in our conference section. Also, you may view archived webcasts produced by the California Rural Library Initiative of select presentations from the past two conferences at their website.
ARSL Hot Topics
The Publications Committee is hosting a Hot Topics Area where we can all freely exchange ideas, tips, and tricks on issues that are on your mind. Please take a look and join in the discussion.
National Summit on Rural Libraries
Dr. Bernard Vavrek convened a National Summit on Rural and Small Libraries this past July at the Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship in Clarion, Pennsylvania. Both Satia Orange and Don Reynolds from ARSL attended. The final report is now available for review, as well as the reformatted version that includes goals and strategies that ARSL may help in achieving.
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