StoryWalks and Surveys: Engaging the Community in Planning for a New Library in Liberty Hill

For this project, I partnered with Liberty Hill Public Library to plan and execute a series of traveling StoryWalk events within the Liberty Hill Public Library District. The community which LHPLD serves is growing exponentially and to meet its needs, Liberty Hill is building a larger library. In order to gauge the community preferences for a new building, I developed a mixed-method survey which was available online, in paper format, and also advertised on social media. While StoryWalks boost literacy and physical activity, an underlying purpose of holding a series of traveling events was to distribute the survey to the broadest possible audience. In addition to engaging the community in the planning of a new library, the StoryWalks also functioned to promote the current resources that LHPLD has to offer. The gathered data will be used to inform the library’s new strategic plan and make recommendations for future programming and amenities.