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Croft Community School (School Library), Charlotte, NC

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Croft Community School (School Library), Charlotte, NC

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Worthiya Yem, Media Coordinator (District Media Specialist I work with is Camie Snyder)

4. Though this is the second year I have been working in this library, focusing on collection development will allow me to really dig in and improve the collection overall. I hope to be able to learn the strengths of the collection, as well as what needs to be improved. To do this, I really need to understand the demographics of students, their interests, and their perception of accessibility to library resources.

5. By selecting this library, I can learn about many aspects of collection development and management. I will be able to understand the financial aspects such as budgeting and ROI, as well as how to gather and assess data. Additionally, I will be able to learn how to present this data in an efficient way to stakeholders and the general public.

Worthiya Yem

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Roberto Niurulu has lived in the U.S. for several years, and his 9-year-old son, Bryan, recently joined him from Mexico. With a new school year around the corner, they turned to the CMS International Center (IC) for help in finding the right school for Bryan.

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Wrightsboro Elementary School (School Library), Wilmington, NC

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Wrightsboro Elementary School (School Library), Wilmington, NC

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Pam Wright, Media Coordinator
I will work with the district's lead media coordinator, Mary Alice Hudson.
- I am excited to learn how to develop a diverse and meaningful library collection.
-I look forward to learning how to evaluate the library's current collection, as well as, our community's needs to ensure the students have access to a collection that will promote lifelong learning.
-I'm also interested in the data collection used to evaluate the population's interests and needs.
I selected the library where I work so I can use the knowledge I gain from this course to improve our library collection and best meet the needs our student population.

Pam Wright

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Eva Perry Regional Library (public library); Apex, NC

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Eva Perry Regional Library (public library); Apex, NC

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Amy Funderburk, Adult Services Manager

The patrons of this library have been described to me as being mostly highly-educated with a higher-than-average income (when compared to other areas of Wake County). Frequent users are adults over age 60 and families with children. I hope to learn: if this “general feeling” is accurate of this library’s users, if users adequately reflect the population in the geographic service area of this library, and whether certain groups are present but not taking full advantage of library service.

I am interested in how collections include materials for people in the numerical minority. Shelf space is valuable. How much room should be given to materials mainly of interest to a particular group? I think this library could provide an interesting setting for these questions, and I hope to know more after doing the community analysis.

Amy Weinberg

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Eva Perry Regional Library offers book browsing, Wi-Fi, public computers, printing, programs and services for all ages.

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Catawba County Library - Maiden Branch (public library) : Maiden, NC

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Catawba County Library - Maiden Branch (public library) : Maiden, NC

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Allison McKiernan, Maiden Branch Manager & Lead Librarian

This is the smallest and most rural branch out of the entire Catawba library system. It is situated in the center of downtown behind the fire department, right off the main strip, by their schools, and many small businesses. I am curious about the branch's foot traffic and if materials are ordered to those statistics. I look forward to learning how Ms. McKiernan has to order for a small branch and how the collection has grown in relation to DEI, especially since the community has a fantastic Hmong population, since her arrival only a short while ago.

As mentioned, this library is unbelievably small; however, there may be small libraries but there are no small stories. I want to understand the logic behind how they decide what is specifically housed on this library's shelves as opposed to pulling books from other library branches. Also, I hope to see how for this library budgeting works since there is less room to fill compared to other branches. I am beginning to wonder if there may be ordering for several branches as a whole rather than individually. I guess I will find out as I go and begin asking more questions about collection development.

Kelyn Thornton

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Catawba County Government - Catawba County North Carolina

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Catawba County, North Carolina, is located in the western part of the state in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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1. Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library (Public Library) - Virginia Beach, VA

2. Jaimie Dodd - Materials Management Librarian lll - Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library

3. https://www.vbgov.com/government/departments/libraries/Pages/home.aspx

4. As I do not work in a library, I hope to learn about a real working library collection.  I would also like to see what sections and materials are highlighted for or used in the community.

5.  This library is important for me to learn about collection development for two main reasons.  I live and desire to work in this community so I need to see the wants and needs of the area.  I also chose this library because it is the central library and so it sees a large amount of visitors and change and potentially collection change as well.