The Public Library ( Tpl ) Essay - 1278 Words

The Library I chose the Tigard Public Library (TPL) since I have worked there for eight years. I had to go to Wikipedia to find the number of volumes, 230,000. The website focuses on the building and services available because the new building opened in 2004. The primary types of physical material collected is books, DVDs, CDs, Books on CD and Blu-ray. For the adult collections the majority of items are non-fiction. The fiction is subdivided into general, mystery, and science fiction and Fantasy. Western novels, on request by patrons, have stickers marking them but are shelved with general fiction. There are many different special collections. Graphic novels are divide between adult, young adult and juvenile. Certain non-fiction titles are separated out into a Careers and Education, others into a Parents collection that is shelved the Children’s Room. There is a collection of Large Print and Adult Foreign Language. The Foreign Language section is further divide into Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. In the children’s room they are referred to as World Languages. In addition to those previously listed, Russian and Somali represent a few of the many diverse languages offered. More of this will be found under Access. Access TPL has two floors, the first floor has the children’s room, a Bestseller books section, a New Books section, patron holds, Blu-rays, DVDs, CDs and Books on CD. Upstairs has Adult Fiction at one end of the building, divided into collections of