The Vermont Department of Libraries is the state agency responsible for providing library services to all Vermonters. Services include consulting and support services for Vermont public libraries; support for statewide library networks, including interlibrary loans; library services for the blind and physically disabled; continuing education for librarians; state government information by telephone and website for the general public; support for general public research needs, including pro se legal, grant and genealogy information; access to historical and current newspapers published in Vermont; and access to historical documents of Vermont state government and the federal government.