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The article features five solo staffers from public, school and community college libraries about the ways they have bridged gaps in services, weathered devastating budget losses, and stood up for their patrons' right to read. These include Aaron Lafromboise of Blackfeet Community College's Medicine Sprint Library in Browning, Montana, Vicki Selander of Castle Rock Public Library in Washington, and Chelsea Price of Meservey Public Library in Iowa.

The article discusses how to prevent disputes between trustees and librarianship tenets amidst the growing political partisanship in public libraries in the U.S. Also cited are the trustee candidates whose goals are changing the core values of librarianship like intellectual freedom and community service, and the support shown by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee to the candidacy of Vanessa Robinson and Rachelle Ottosen in the Community Library Network's (CLN) board in Idaho.

The article reports on the expansion of the home delivery service of Grosse Pointe Public Library (GPPL) in suburban Detroit, Michigan. Topics discussed include background on the launching of the service by GPPL in January 2022, a similar service launched by North Canton (Ohio) Public Library (NCPL) in January 2023, and the promotion of a similar service by Fountaindale Public Library District (FPLD) in Bolingbrook, Illinois in 2023.