Three Randolph County Public Library projects have won outstanding program awards from the North Carolina Public Library Directors Association (NCPLDA).
Summer Reading Program publicity, RandQuest.org and the Liberty Public Library renovation claimed top honors for medium-sized library systems. Library staff will make presentations about the projects and receive the awards at a December NCPLDA meeting.
Publicity for the Summer Reading Program won the Outstanding Promotional Program Award. In June, the library sent a colorful flyer home with some 17,000 K-8 students in the Asheboro City and Randolph County Schools. Headquarters and branch library staff visited 14 schools, and systematic distribution of news releases maintained a media presence for the library.
The effort significantly increased participation in the Summer Reading Program, driving up the number of children obtaining library card by 39 percent compared to last summer, and increasing program attendance by 34 percent.
RandQuest.org, the library’s research portal, won the Outstanding Service Innovation Award. Creation of the portal, which provides easy access to research databases and other online resources, led to a marked increase in awareness of the resources, more than doubling the use of some databases and racking up 3009 visits between February and June.
Renovation of the Liberty library, which included new carpet, paint and a creative reorientation of bookshelves to make the library more open and welcoming, received the Outstanding New/Improved Facility Award. Liberty Librarian Susan Primm and Town Manager Roger Davis collaborated on the project.
Summer Reading Program publicity, RandQuest.org and the Liberty Public Library renovation claimed top honors for medium-sized library systems. Library staff will make presentations about the projects and receive the awards at a December NCPLDA meeting.
Publicity for the Summer Reading Program won the Outstanding Promotional Program Award. In June, the library sent a colorful flyer home with some 17,000 K-8 students in the Asheboro City and Randolph County Schools. Headquarters and branch library staff visited 14 schools, and systematic distribution of news releases maintained a media presence for the library.The effort significantly increased participation in the Summer Reading Program, driving up the number of children obtaining library card by 39 percent compared to last summer, and increasing program attendance by 34 percent.
RandQuest.org, the library’s research portal, won the Outstanding Service Innovation Award. Creation of the portal, which provides easy access to research databases and other online resources, led to a marked increase in awareness of the resources, more than doubling the use of some databases and racking up 3009 visits between February and June.
Renovation of the Liberty library, which included new carpet, paint and a creative reorientation of bookshelves to make the library more open and welcoming, received the Outstanding New/Improved Facility Award. Liberty Librarian Susan Primm and Town Manager Roger Davis collaborated on the project.
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