Growing Together: School Outreach and Advocating for Staff Growth

Abstract

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the children’s department at the North Platte (NE) Public Library had four staff members, two full-time and two part-time. Our library serves Lincoln County, with a total service population of around thirty-two thousand.
When I came onboard in late 2021, it had dwindled to just a full-time librarian and a part-time assistant