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In communities where care isn't available, St. David's Foundation brought it to the library

Texas Library Association (TLA) promotes, supports, and improves library services in Texas. Find reading lists, job postings, PR campaigns and reading lists, and more from TLA.

Tocker Foundation's Library Resources are a collection of organizations and resources to help grow your rural library, including guides for building support for rural libraries, a library bill of rights, and more.

The Texas State Library & Archives Commission (TSLAC) offers services for libraries, ranging from grants and funding, advisory groups, to consulting and community engagement.

When Dianne Connery took over as development director at a public library in rural north Texas, it was on the verge of collapse. Now, it is a versatile community hub. Connery talks the particular challenges and opportunities of the journey.

Do you have an old video deck gathering dust in your closet? The Texas Archive of the Moving Image is on the lookout for working video and audio equipment to help us preserve the state’s film history.

In many small towns, the local library is more than just a place to borrow books — it’s the heart of the community. But what if libraries could do even more?

This library in Pottsboro, Texas reinvents the traditional library by offering a "library of things."

Smarthistory’s free, award-winning digital content unlocks the expertise of hundreds of leading scholars, making the history of art accessible and engaging to more people, in more places, than any other publisher.

As 2025 is beginning, take a final look at some of last year’s best rural movies, music, and TV shows.

There's an exciting new network powered by MindPOP, that allows rural arts and culture organizations to: connect with colleagues across the state, increase their visibility to funders, and share between organizations.

A public library in Ohio is making waves by supporting local entrepreneurs, small businesses, and nonprofits through free resources and services, fostering innovation and economic growth in the community

This resource shares success stories from eight Texas Rural Funders working in libraries.

This resource outlines libary locations by district, county, and education service center.

The PAYA Resource Library is a searchable database of the best youth apprenticeship resources from PAYA's nationwide network of partners.

Library Freedom Institute is a privacy-focused 6-month virtual training for librarians. This curriculum gives librarians the tools they need to become privacy champions in their libraries. Once-a-month, LFI will provide a 2-hour training that covers a variety of topics.

Libraries for Health, an initiative designed and funded by Texas Rural Funder St. David's Foundation and in partnership with Via Hope and RAND, seeks to reimagine the delivery of mental health services by building upon a community anchor - a local public library - that is already in place.

Texans for the Arts is a highly effective, non-partisan statewide arts advocacy organization that provides coordinated information about legislative activity related to arts issues and organizes advocacy efforts in order to protect and increase public funding for the arts at the state, national and local levels.

The Texas Association of Counties (TAC) is the representative voice for all Texas counties and county officials and, through TAC, counties communicate the county perspective to state officials and the general public.

BookSpring builds literacy skills and the motivation to read through increasing home libraries and reading aloud activities for children.

Watch an ever-growing archive of Texas film and videos through the decades. Discover the experience of Texans, explore education and preservation resources.

Texans for the Arts Foundation launched the Municipal Hotel Occupancy Tax Toolkit, an online resource for arts, municipal, hotel, and tourism leaders sharing what you need to know about Texas’ Municipal Hotel Occupancy Tax.

This amateur documentary from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, made by Ouida Whitaker Dean in 1976, focuses on women in agriculture in the rural East Texas town of Timpson, as well as in America at large.

Texas Rural Funders invited rural communities to attend this session showcasing free resources that promote cultural and economic development

Books Beginning at Birth is a statewide program that provides young children and their families with free to books and resources to support the development of early literacy skills and foster a love of reading.

The Texas Film Round-Up provides FREE digitization for Texas-related films and videotapes in exchange for the donation of a digital copy of the materials to TexasArchive.org.

The Pottsboro Library and TekWav are pleased to announce a partnership to bring internet service to the patrons of the library through the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) program.

Digital media organization that covers politics and a range of policy issues that affect all Texans.

WESTAF weaves technology, diverse thought leadership, and innovation to energize, network, and fund public sector arts agencies and communities.

The Texas State Library and Archives Commission is a state agency that assists the people of Texas to effectively use information, archival resources, public records and library materials to improve their lives, the lives of their families, and their communities

Annual data on Texas public librarians, including statistics, trends, and more.

Article detailing the role of public libraries in expanding digital equity through partnerships with government entities and other efforts.

The Public Library Association announced digital literacy courses and training materials developed in collaboration with AT&T. 

Lone Star Stock provides stock photos, videos, and music representing the state of Texas at an affordable price. The site is also seeking creators to continue building the assets available through the site.