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Orange County Library Long-Range Facility Planning <br />Introduction <br />In January, 2004, the Orange County Board of Commissioners appointed a Library Services <br />Task Force to review the recommendations aprevious task force had submitted to the County <br />in 2001 and to "subsequently make recommendations to improve library services and <br />facilities specifically related to the expansion of the Central Library in Hillsborough and the <br />branch library in Cazrboro." Specific areas of interest were the potential for co-location of a <br />new central facility with the Orange County campus of Durham Technical Community <br />College (DTCC) and combining the operations of Carrboro's McDougle Branch Library and <br />Cybraryrnto one branch library facility.. <br />The Task Force held its first meeting in May, and identified four areas of interest to be <br />investigated: <br />^ Co-located cenfral library with DTCC Orange County Campus <br />^ Casboro facility <br />• Need for Orange County archival repository <br />• Linking of all public libraries in Orange County, including the Chapel Hill Public <br />Library, tecimologically <br />The Library contracted with Dale Gaddis, Library Consultant, in July, 2004, to assist with the <br />work of the Task Force, as follows: <br />^ Identify critical issues that need to be addressed regazding library facilities, needed <br />and desired functions to be housed in the new headquarters facility, and priorities <br />regazding service development throughout the county <br />• Determine the space requirements of a new headquarters library facility which will <br />adequately address community needs and priorities for Library services and meet <br />accepted public library standards, using a 15.20 yeaz planning time frame <br />^ Analyze issues raised by the possibility of combining the headquarters library with a <br />community college librazy, with recommendations regarding a joint use library, <br />facility, and identification of potential needs for other library facilities in the county <br />within the same time frame.. <br />The Taslc Force and Consultant reviewed the work of the previous task force. The Consultant <br />gathered and documented for the Taslc Force more recent planning and statistical information <br />regazding Orange County and the Library. Site met with the Library Director to get her <br />perspective on the project and gain an understanding of administrative and financial issues <br />and structures. She met with Barbara Baker from DTCC and documented the expectations of <br />the college regarding a joint use facility. She facilitated meetings with library staff and the <br />Task Force to identify critical issues that needed to be addressed regarding library facilities <br />and services. <br />It became evident from this initial reseazch that the recommendations requested by the Board <br />of County Commissioners needed to be part of a larger vision for the county as a whole. As a <br />result, the Consultant developed, for Task Force review, facility planning criteria and <br />recommendations which addressed countywide development of library facilities. The Library <br />Director initiated a parallel process during the same time period to investigate the need for an <br />
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