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=r1{~prMq +'~ on ~-+ eiv7 <br />e,, <br />~,> <br />°°~-, ~,< <br />Orange County Public Library <br />300 W Tryon Street, Hillsborough, NC 27278 (919) 245-2525 <br />Memorandum <br />Date: April 7, 2009 <br />From: Lucinda Munger, Library Director <br />To: County Manager's Office and Board of County Commissioners <br />Update: Oranae County Librarv NC Room /Heritage Center. <br />In preparation for the move from the Whitted Facility to the W Margaret Lane <br />Facility, Library Management continues to meet and work with specialists in the <br />archival and genealogical fields regarding the local history collection. <br />The initial work plan presented in February addressed staff collaborating with the <br />archivists, genealogy specialist, curator of the NC Collection at UNC Wilson <br />Library, contacting the Orange County Historical Museum and Society, and <br />establishing an inventory of local history collection items that could be housed in <br />the general reference collection area of the W Margaret Lane facility. Since the <br />February update, staff has met with the Genealogy Librarian from the State <br />Library, completed an inventory of holdings, received an appraisal of the <br />confederate lithograph from Leland Little Auctions and met with the curator of the <br />NC Collection at UNC Wilson Library. <br />The genealogy specialist has confirmed the twin goals of 1) Public accessibility to <br />the collection as well as 2) Best preservation and protection practices for the <br />long-term sustainability of this unique collection. The specialist agreed that a <br />choice selection of the local history collection can be housed adjacent to the non- <br />circulating reference area of the W Margaret Lane facility. The specialist defined <br />a `core collection' as: histories from local areas and genealogy documents. The <br />counties that would be represented in the collection would be Orange County's <br />parent county and those who originated from Orange County. These counties <br />are: Orange, Caswell, Person, Granville, Alamance, Durham and Chatham. The <br />specialist commended Orange County for continuing to strive toward open <br />access to the public, where a researcher can browse the shelves for the <br />information that they need. <br />