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Orange Counry Library Long-Range Paciliry Planning <br />Orange County archival repository and determine resources that would be housed in such a <br />repository, <br />Findints <br />The 2001 Task Force identified inequities in service in the various areas of the county and <br />noted that the funding level from the County was significantly below the state average, ft <br />endorsed minimum standards for public library service and recommended policies to guide <br />library development. Specific recommendations included the following: <br />• That the operational funding For Orange County public libraries be increased to <br />the state average level of funding by 2004 <br />^ That new library projects be initiated simultaneously in the northern and southern <br />parts of the county and be viewed as complementing rather than competing <br />• That the Boards of the Hyconeechee Regional Library and Chapel Hil] Public <br />Library meet at least annually and explore areas of cooperation <br />• That an Orange County Heritage Center be built to house historic and public <br />records <br />Since 2001, operational funding has increased but it still lags behind the state average, as <br />noted below. A branch library has been opened in Cedar Grove and a cybrazy in Carrboro. <br />Members of both the Hyconeechee and Chapel Hill Library Boazds are active members of the <br />current Task Force. An Archival Task Force has been formed to pursue the establishment of <br />the Heritage Genter. <br />Although there has been progress, this study has found that significant inequities persist and <br />funding remains a challenge. Specific findings are as follows: <br />^ The poprtlatiou of t/ie corurty as a rvGole values education arrrl is supportive of library <br />services, but is coufrrsed by the ctrrreut systeur of librarygoveraarrce mrd frmdirrg <br />responsibilities. <br />This theme was reiterated a number of times in the planning meetings held with Task Force <br />members and library staff. <br />Residents of Orange County are served by three library systems: the Hyconeechee Regional <br />Library, the Chapel Hill Pubiic Library, and to a minimal degree, the Central North Carolina <br />Regional Library, which operates the Mebane Public Library serving both Alamance and <br />Orange County residents of Mebane. As a result, library service planning for the county as a <br />whole has been fragmented, there is great disparity in the level of services provided, and the <br />public does not lave a clear understanding of library governance and funding <br />responsibilities. <br />The Orange County Library system is part of the Hyconeechee Regional Library system, <br />which serves Orange, Caswell and Person Counties. As such, residents of Orange County <br />have free access to the services in Caswell and Person Counties. The system receives funding <br />from the County, the State, and a small appropriation from the Town of Carrboro. <br />7 <br />
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