A big part of libraries and librarians is knowing their local community. Think about helping local adults learn to read or local authors publish a book. But als

A big part of libraries and librarians is knowing their local community. Think about helping local adults learn to read or local authors publish a book. But also being local helps them curate a catalog that is informed by the community. If I walk into a library in city A, it is more likely to have books about city A on hand. This is much harder to do at a national level. IMO, the hyper local nature is also one of the big differentiators for the library to avoid being usurped by something like Amazon.