FY 2007 - 2012

Satisfy Curiosity:  Lifelong Learning

The resources you need to explore topics of personal interest and continue to learn throughout your life are at your library.

• Goal: All ages realize their library offers topics in a variety of formats they find captivating and enriching to their lives.
• Goal: Residents see their library as a resource for introductions to an assortment of cultural, civic and/or community interests.

Visit a Comfortable Place:  Public & Virtual Places

Your library has safe and welcoming physical places to meet and interact with others or to sit quietly and read and has open and accessible virtual spaces that support social networking.

• Goal: All ages appreciate their library for its designated places for quiet reading or studying and as a place for social or business activities.
• Goal: All ages recognize their library as a great place both physically and virtually to interact with others due to the noteworthy opportunities provided.

Know How to Find, Evaluate & Use Information:  Information Fluency

When you need information to resolve an issue or answer a question, you have the skills to search for, locate, evaluate, and effectively use information to meet your needs.

• Goal: All visitors can expect library staff to have up-to-date knowledge, skills, and abilities to deliver library services.
• Goal: All ages can expect friendly guidance on how to locate the best information resources to meet their request or needs.

Connect to the Online World:  Public Internet Access

Your library has highspeed access to the digital world with no unnecessary restrictions or fees to ensure that you can take advantage of the evergrowing
resources and services available through the Internet.

• Goal: All ages discover that their library has current equipment, tools and training for the public to responsibly access the digital world.
• Goal: Adults understand that using the Internet is beneficial to development for all ages.
• Goal: All ages recognize and use their library’s website and its resources as an extension of the physical library.

Each of these goals is written from the perspective of what the customer, resident, or user receives rather than from the perspective of what the library will do or provide. This strategic plan is all about what this community gains from the library. To measure our progress we will conduct a baseline survey this fall and another survey near the completion of this 5 year plan.