The purpose of this project was to explore the recent trend of hiring full-time social workers as public library employees. The study focused on the benefits and concerns of providing social work services in a public library space, the process of creating public library social work programs, and assessment strategies used to measure the impact of these services. A case study was conducted in order to explore these topics. The case study focused on the Long Branch Free Public Library. Interviews and existing data were be used in order to collect data, and this data was analyzed using thematic analysis. The findings are be a much-needed contribution to the greatly lacking area of literature regarding social workers in public libraries. The conclusion includes suggestions for future research.Master of Science in Library Scienc
