Richford Patron Borrows 'Nous Sommes RONA' the Old Way — and It Works
A Richford resident checked out the first episode of 'Nous Sommes RONA' on an offline media card Thursday, the first such borrowing at the library. With Vermont farming voices on the recording and two cards still on the shelf, it is a small story about how access really works.
Richford Patron Borrows 'Nous Sommes RONA' the Old Way — and It Works
RICHFORD, Vermont — A Richford resident who had been asking about the Nous Sommes RONA / We Are RONA archive walked out of the local library Thursday afternoon with something tangible: a small media card, preloaded with the first episode and ready to play without a broadband connection.
Library staff member Colette Aubin-Roy prepared the card herself, pulling from the collective's publicly archived files. She described it quietly, but with evident satisfaction, as the first time a Richford patron has borrowed the series in a format suited to home listening off the grid. "The interest was there," Aubin-Roy said. "We just needed to meet it where it lives." For households in areas where connectivity runs thin, a media card is not a workaround — it is the only way in.
The episode is a fitting one for a first offline loan. Its subjects are Vermont farming community members whose circumstances, if not their names, are likely familiar to Richford residents. Aubin-Roy noted that local resonance as part of why the request felt worth fulfilling properly.
Two additional media cards loaded with the episode remain available for borrowing at the Richford library. No reservation is required.