LIS 620

September 24, 2019

Information Needs Assessment

 Who is your user group?
o Public Library
o User group = young adults (18-30)
 What do you know about your user group? How do they behave when seeking and using
information?
o Young adults are frequenting the library, but not really interacting with the materials.
How to get them engaged in their community and resources?
 What information do they most need?
o The information I would like to gather is local history, but also information about Orange
County, North Carolina in general
o Including things to do here of interest to the age group.
 Day trips
 Museums
 Anything to promote interaction with the community
o Increasing their connection to the space they live and increasing community ties.
 Where are the gaps in needs?
o Information geared toward multiple generations for the topic to keep parties interested.
 What are the challenges/barriers to meeting these needs?
o Trying to figure out how to tailor information towards the age group, 18-30 while
keeping it interesting.

Search Plan
 How I will construct searches
o Within the last 20 years at least, hopefully within the last 10 or 5 years
 Priority given to more recent sources
 What sources I will search
o UNCG databases
o NC LIVE (my library has access with a library card)
o OC Government website, https://www.orangecountync.gov/1646/Things-to-Do
o Visitors Bureau, www.visitchapelhill.org, https://visithillsboroughnc.com/,
https://www.visitnc.com/
o Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library
 Sanborn Maps
 Heritage Quest
 North Carolina Digital Collection
 What my relevant search terms are
o Search terms:
 Hillsborough  Eno
 North Carolina  Things to do
 Orange County  North Carolina
 Recreation Adventure
 UNC  Day Trips
 Occoneechee  Local History