Library facilities are critical infrastructure in the best of times. Climate change promises to increase the critical nature of library facilities to build community resilience and well-being. Climate change is predicted to bring more severe and frequent storms, an increase in the number of heat waves, and regionally specific hazards that will all have different social, economic, public health, and other adverse impacts on historically marginalized or underserved communities. Library facilities for the future will need to adapt in the face of these predictions to utilize indoor and outdoor spaces to increase our capacity to meet community needs. Click here for information.

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