Small libraries require better funding to keep up with technological advances and format upgrades; the community values library services and benefit from ILL; 2. The “brick-and-mortar library” will always be with us in our opinion; The Town of Athabasca is a member of Northern Lights Library System so the library and archives are part of the system; It is unfortunate that the Government of Alberta has chosen to stop funding the Alberta Public Library Electronic Network (APLEN). This organization operated as a part of The Alberta Library (TAL) and provided good support for the systems and to larger public libraries in support of technology in public libraries; with adequate funding libraries and archives could offer better hours.
