Libraries aren’t always best equipped to help the people who show up to public libraries. That’s where Nicole Campolucci comes in.
Hired in December, the library’s new social services coordinator helps connect people with resources.
The increase in services provided came after Campolucci transformed a space near the library entrance known as the “resource corner.” For years, Volunteers of America was the only group utilizing the space, cordoned off near the entrance with stanchions, signs and shelves for information pamphlets. These other groups can give services to a broader group of people who have psychosocial needs, like those with substance misuse disorders or those experiencing domestic violence.
“That wasn’t really my jam though,” she said. Campolucci said she missed the work she was doing before at the University of Utah Health and Volunteers of America — working with people with mental health and substance misuse disorders and people experiencing homelessness. “We are always trying to advocate for people the very most,” Mendoza said. “But sometimes, it’s hard to know, is this a good boundary? Is this enabling? Are we not doing enough?”
“I don’t even know if it’s necessarily more people. But in some cases, it feels like the situations that people are in feel more extreme, or behaviors have become more extreme,” she said. “A lot of mental health going untreated, things like that.”
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