For our final video project this semester, we partnered up with someone in class to tell a personal story that reflected a theme or issue related to the 2008 Presidential Election. My group’s first story idea about health care for Veterans at the VA Hospital did not work out because we had limited access and freedom to report about the hospital issues. So we had to find a different issue.
My partner, Eisa Al Nashmi, and I then chose to tell a story that shows how state budget cuts affected the Alachua County Public Libraries. We soon discovered the budget cuts had not affected the county’s libraries as much as other places in Florida. So instead, we tell a very personal story about how the Archer Branch library is the “hot spot” in the small, rural town which faces economic challenges. Archer needs federal government funds for a sewage system that would allow more businesses and resources to thrive there. Since most homes don’t have computers with high speed connections, the public library and the Archer Community Access Center are the only places residents can go for Internet Access.
Please view our story about the economic and growth issues that make the library such a significant resource in the small community. Let us know what you think.
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