After interviewing rural librarians, we found that they demonstrated willingness in the following areas when serving farming communities:
- Language training
- Economy
- Kids
- Potential partnerships for unconventional solutions
- Outreach to serve patrons
- Providing services at the door-step of patrons
- Technology solutions
- Technology infrastructure
- Food
- Seed library
- Going beyond the mission of the library
- Grants
- Passion / Attitude of librarians or library directors
- Willingness to help all
- Willingness to learn / Open to new training
- Coding
- Lack of willingness