A community branch libraryOf the Pierce County Library System

By John SchoppertEmporia State University

Collection Development 855xo

A Look at Fife Library

The Pierce County Library System

18 libraries 3 bookmobiles 18 mil. + checkouts per year 1.3 mil. items in system 250,000+ card holders 1,773 sq. miles serviced

The Census Numbersa.k.a. –The Facts, Ma’am

Tacoma, WA – Pierce County

Pop. 795,225 White – 74% Af. Am. 6% Asian – 6% Hispanic 9% Islanders – 1.4%

Fife, WA. 5.7 sq. miles. pop. 8,694

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THE BRANCH SPACE

THE BRANCH SPACE

BI-LINGUAL SIGNAGE

BI-LINGUAL SIGNAGE

BISAC?

BISAC = DEWEY FREE!

DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU

BUILDING A BISAC COLLECTION

27,000 holdings19,000 books7,000+ media10,000 YA +

Children’s

Adult fiction = 5,500Adult NF = 3,200

GET OUT OF DEWEY, FREE

LIBRARY = CONTENT + COMMUNITY

LIBRARY = CONTENT + COMMUNITY