https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045217American FactFinder:
https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/community_facts.xhtmlhttp://smrl.lib.ms.us/about-us The Marion Jefferson-Davis Regional Library. According to the library's website
Columbia School District:
http://www.columbiaschools.org/Marion County Schools:
http://www.marionk12.org/http://nces.ed.govThere are ten schools within the zip code. All are K-12. One of them is a vocational complex with no students of its own. Together they contain about 3839 students, according to the NCES website.
https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&County=Marion%20County&State=28The Institute of Museum and Library Services
https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey/find-your-libraryd. Unemployment is fairly high and considering 77.8% of the population has a high school degree or higher, some things to do with finances, jobs, and adult education seems like they might be of interest.1.6% of households do not speak English which means that there is less need for books in other languages. (There is still a slight need.)
Unrelated to statistics, judging by sales in a local bookstore, westerns tend to be one of the more popular genres. I have a hunch that a large chunk of the population is stressed from working more than one job, so a lot of reading for pleasure tends to be passed up. Despite the relatively small number of youth, youth services are likely still crucial because of the stress factor of the parents.
However, I don't think personal impressions are good enough to totally rely on. Even statistics leave a lot of questions unanswered, like "how many of the elderly population have eye trouble?" I also wonder how the higher-than-average disabled population breaks down.
Mission and Goals: Who lives in my community? What are they interested in and why? What do they want from their library? How Has my community changed? Prognosis for future[According to the Pew Research Center (cite???) nationally, Women, young adults, parents, adults with higher education are most likely to have used the library
3-Collect your data
Understand and utilize statistical data that is available on your community.
Census data https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtmlEconomic data https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtmlhttps://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF(2016)
25-34. Largest age group.
Median Age 39.7
108 Asian inhabitants, most of whom are Asian indians and did not appear on the census in 2015. More likely a fluke than a trend.
Educational Data https://nces.ed.gov/Historical Data
Political Data -Local Registrar’s Website
Geodemography-
https://segmentationsolutions.nielsen.com/mybestsegments/Default.jsp?ID=2 https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CFhttp://smrl.lib.ms.us/about-usHistory
I chose to do my report on the Columbia Marion County Library located in Columbia, MS. The area is served by the Columbia-Marion County Library which is part of the South Mississippi Regional Library. Other branches (which are located in Jefferson County) are the Dr. Frank L. Leggett Memorial Library in Bassfield and The Prentiss Public Library. Both of these branches are in Jefferson County, to the north.
Area size, the library
Population statistics
Pop. #
Age demographics
Children and schools
Racial breakdown
http://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/4f2e39_6bb0d60e4a3d4fb1aa9c03670c705658.pdfColumbia Schools. Columbia School District 2016-17 Accountability Dashboard
http://www.columbiaschools.org/ 86.1% graduation rate. 80% rest of the state.
Student Devices
CHS: 380
JMS: 270
CES: 286
CPS: 326
The Talking Book Services of the Mississippi Library Commission is a free public library service for eligible residents.
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