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Union Township CCPL Project

Cassidy Blair, Nevaeh Henderson, and Kayla Olenick

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Overview of Project Process

  • Tour the Union Township Library and Reflect
  • Break the Stereotype
  • Facilitate a Focus Group
  • Provide recommendations

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Touring the Library

  • Each of us toured the Union Township Library separately.
  • We also looked on the website for CCPL.
  • Checking social media for event postings.

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Breaking the Stereotype

  • After touring and reflecting, we had multiple discussions within our group.
  • During these discussions, we wanted to focus on what the stereotype of a library was.
  • Ultimately, we came up with many different ideas.
  • We also conducted staff interviews.

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Facilitating the Focus Group

  • Challenges that we faced with organizing a Focus Group
  • How we overcame those challenges
  • How our first focus group was conducted
  • Feedback that we received from the surveys

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Facilitating the Focus Group

  • Why we conducted a second focus group
  • How our second focus group was conducted
  • Feedback that we received from the group

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Recommendations for CCPL

  • Marketing in different areas (restaurants, colleges, schools, etc.)
  • Extending library hours on certain days
  • Offering a job fair
  • Placing a small coffee machine to attract more people
  • Build more of a community through the library
  • More posts on Facebook and other social medias.