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ED039907.Pdf DOCUMENT RESUME ED 039 907 LI 001 961 AUTHOR Skellenger, James B. TITLE Public Library Services in Portage County; An Analysis for Planning. INSTITUTION Kent State Univ.:, Ohio. Center for Urban Regionalism. PUB DATE Apr 70 NOTE 133p. EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF-$0.75 HC-$6.75 DESCRIPTORS *County Libraries, *Library Planning, *Library Services; *Library Surveys, *Public Libraries, Questionnaires, Socioeconomic Background IDENTIFIERS Ohio, *Portage County ABSTRACT This analysis provides a detailed description of Portage County and the system of library services extant. A socio-economic profile describes the county's history and geographic location, population development, school district population, life style, income, poverty, transportation and land use. Individual descriptions of the county's library facilities are given including: location, facility design, library staff, total volumes and hours of operation. Opinion surveys provide insight into how the patron views the public library. From this base of information, plans for future library services are presented and suggestions are given to help implement these changes. (MFG U.S. DEPARTMENTOF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HASSEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING VIEW OR OPINIONS IT. POINTS OF STATED DO NOT NECES- SARILY REPRESEW OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDU- CATION POSITION ORPOLICY. PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES IN PORTAGE COUNTY -AN ANALYSIS FOR PLANNING- by Jams 8. Skettengen Associate Ditecton Centex ion Wan Regiona4ism Alma 1910 Centex iox Wan Regionalism Kent State Univexsity Kent, Ohio CONTENTS PAGE MAPS. ........... .........,,iii . .iv TABLES . ........ ..... 1 . ,Nri INTRODUCTION . ......... .. .. 1 1 1 1 COUNTY PROFILE . ........ .. .. LOCATION AND HISTORY 1 . 1 . 3 POPULATION DEVELOPMENT . THE SCHOOL POPULATION . 1 . 8 . 9 LIFE STYLE . ........ 111 INCOME . 11111111 1111 .12 POVERTY . 1 . 118111111 .,.. TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE . .14 THE LIBRARIES OF PORTAGE COUNTY . .19 LIMITED ACCESS LIBRARIES . 1 . .19 PUBLICLIBRARIESIIIIIIII .. I. 1 . .21 BOOK RESOURCES OF PORTAGE COUNTY LIBRARIES . .29 . TECHNICAL SERVICES.... 1 . .37 PATRON VIEWS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES , e . o . .39 . .39 THESURVEY . ...... OPINIONS OF SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES . .58 OVERVIEW 1 ............ I .61 1 1 1 1 1 . .65 PLANNING FOR 1980 . 1 1 ..... CONCERNS AND PROBLEMS SHARED BY THE THREELIBRARIES. .65 NEED FOR COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERCOUNTIES, .69 THREE PLANS FOR UNION .................70 CONTENTS, CONTI NUED PAGE . .73 IMPLEMENTATION . .......... .73 COUNTY LIBRARY STRUCTURE ANDORGANIZATION . ss . s s .74 STAFF . moosese es INTER-LIBRARY RELATIONSHIP. .76 . .79 OPERATIONS AND SERVICES . 2 . .82 PHYS I CAL FACILITIES . ...... .85 COSTS AND SOURCES OFINCOME . .92 APPENDIX . , .... ............ ii. title gage I. Northeast Ohio Region 2 II. Portage County Projected 1970 Population, Distributed by Township Percentages 5 III. Portage County Population Distribution and Projection, 1960 - 1980 7 IV. Highway Network 15 V. Routes of the Bookmobile Providing AdultServices 27 VI. Location of Residence of Patrons Surveyed, Kent Free Library, November, 1969 41 VII. Location of Residence of Patrons Surveyed, Reed Memorial Library, November, 1969 44 VIII. Location of Residence of Patrons Surveyed, Portage County District Library (Hiram), November, 1969 48 iii MIES_ title page 1. Population Forecasts Portage County; 19 70 - 1980. 3 2. Portage County Distribution of Population by Townships 4 3. Age Distribution of Portage CountyPopulation . 6 4. Public School Enrollment Portage County; 1966 - 1967 8 5. Effective Buying Income 1960 - 1967, Portage County 11 6. Portage County Poverty Survey--1963 13 7. Land Use in Portage County; 1960 16 8. Library Resources in Portage County; 1968 28 9. Adult Books in Libraries, by Publication Year . .30 10. Adult Books in Libraries, More Than 12 and More Than 20 Years Old 31 11. Adult Books in Library and Checked Out, by Year of Publication, at Kent and Ravenna 32 12. Books Checked Out by Age of Publication at Kent and Ravenna 32 13. Results of Check at Three Libraries Against a 10% Random Sample of Books in the Standard Catalog for Public Libraries 33 14. Results of Check of Three Libraries Against a 10% Random Sample of Books in the Fiction Catalog . .34 15. Results of Check of Three Libraries Against a 10% Random Sample of Books in the Notable Children's Books, 1940 - 19 59 34 16. Books from Standard Lists Held at None, One, Two, or All Portage CountyLibraries 35 17. Results of a Check of Single Sample of Adult Fiction and Non-Fiction Against the Three Library Catalogs 36 iv CONTINUED title page 18. Holdings of Portage County Libraries Based on Kent State University's School of Library Science, "Basic Reference List of 251 Titles" 37 19. Analysis of Cataloging Workloads and Practices. .38 20. Summary Fact Sheet--Results from User's Survey (Portage County Libra:Ues) 51 21. Other Libraries Used by the Patrons of Each of the Public Libraries 55 22. Portage County--Intangibles Tax; 1961 - 1968. .90 23. Projections of Portage County Intangibles Tax; 1959 - 19 80 91 INTRODUCTION In the late fall of 1968, Boards of the three libraries in the county authorized the establishment of the Portage -County Li- brary Committee, consisting of the three chief librarians and a member from each of the library boards. This group, with the con- 1 sent of the joint boards, agreed to enter into negotiations which would lead to a planning study of Portage County library needs for b the next decade.The Kent Free Library was represented by Miss Margaret Zearley, Librarian, and Mr. Carl L. Harvey, Trustee; the Reed Memorial Library of Ravenna was represented by MissEstrilla Daniels, Librarian, and Mr. H. L. Brown, Trustee; the Portage County District Library was represented by Mrs. Ralph Goodale,Li- brarian, and Mr. William Cook, Trustee. This representative group, after consultation with. Mr. Joseph F. Shubert, State Librarian of Ohio, agreed to engage the Center for Urban Regionalism at Kent State University to conduct a study of the publiclibraries in the county. Dr. James G. Coke, Director of the Center for UrbanRegional- ism, assigned Associate Director James B. Skellenger todirect the study. The project staff included Paul Noon, Assistant Professor of the Kent State University School of Library Science aslocal consultant. As consultant-at-large the service of Mr. F.William Summers, State Librarian of Florida, was secured. The study staff also included Carol Toncar, Connie Darrah, PenelopeEllis, and Robert Bayne. The Center for Urban Regionalism report entitled Public Li- vi brary Services In Portage County Analysis for Planning, consists of five sections and an appendix. The sections titled "County Profile," "The Libraries of Portage County," and "Patron Views of the Public Libraries," serve to describe the county and the system of library services extant. The sections titled "Planning for 1980," and "Implementation," build from a base of the information in the preceding sections to present alternative plans for future library services, and to suggest some direction in implementing changes. An appendix which includes a note on methodology is available at the end of the report. The spirit in which the following study has been accomplished has been unusual in the extreme.Without exception each library staff has cooperated fully with every request made by the consul- tants and the project director. In all instances, the public has freely given of their time in answering questions. The help and guidance received from the State Library has been both supportive and wise. The authors of this report are convinced that a great reservoir of good will exists in Portage County as well as in the State and that by tapping this zeservoir support for any desired changes can be secured. Much of the success of this project has been due to the ex- cellent counsel of Miss Roger Mae Johnson, staff consultant for the State Library. The study was funded jointly by the State Library of Ohio, serving as an agent for administering of Title I funds. of the Li- brary Service and Construction Act, and by the three library boards of Portage County. vii COUNTY PROFILE LOCATION AND HISTORY Portage County occupies an area of 506 square miles in the northeastern and most populous quarter of Ohio.Cuyahoga, Sum- mit, Geauga, Trumbull, Mahoning, and Stark are contiguous counties and, together with Portage and nine other northeastern counties, comprise the Northeast Ohio Region. (See Map I) The principal population centers of Cleveland, Akron, Warren, Youngstown, and Canton are within a one hour drive of Portage County. The wilderness area which became Portage County was an impor- tant location along the Portage Trail, the principal "portage point" between the Cuyahoga and Tus carawas Rivers. The development of the area surrounding this portage point has been particularly re- sponsive to transportation facilities. This relationship between county development and the movement of goods and services has been maintained to the present.* The northern and most populous sections of Portage County were originally part of the Connecticut Western Reserve. The area was settled in the early 1800's by Yankees moving to the west. Mantua became the first white settlement in Portage County in 1799. Palmyra and Ravenna developed closely thereafter.As the frontier moved further westward, settlers arrived from New England, New York, and Pennsylvania and as a result, a variety of commercial enter- *Historical Source Materials: 1. Portage County Historical Society, Portage Heritage. 2. Tri-County Planning Commission, Socio-Economic Profile, 1967-68: Western Portage County Planning, Area Report 2. MAP I Ashtabula Co. at.O.V1. _..1 ' ial, v Il an d Gcauga Co. i ! ,.. ,- 1'. i r') 1 t\ ) I Erie Co. ! ,t1! .4IyriaC'N).,.,,jfi'`' 'I. ..-:e.Cuyahoga Co. -L-i i Trumbull Co. I ! .. --I )Titi-7.1. 1 --T----------1 \ (.,. ., :4 kurr i I litranswitk __ 1 ! I r';If ! Lorain Cor---'i, I Summit Co.--1 Portage Co.winiii4Hri Vic WoliRoon !.., Prov .1\ 1 1 ... I kin.' iii,eui %.1 Ir-- hudi,,,i I :Y -r i .
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