Service Goals 2008-2011

Stimulate Imagination: Reading, viewing and listening for pleasure.

Library patrons will have materials and programs that excite their imaginations and provide pleasurable reading, viewing and listening experiences.

Help Students Succeed in School: Homework help.

Students will have the resources they need to succeed in school.

Create Young Readers: Early literacy.

Children from birth to age five will have programs and services designed to ensure that they will enter school ready to learn to read, write, and listen.

Satisfy Curiosity: Lifelong learning and life choices.

Patrons will have the resources they need to explore topics of personal interest and continue to learn throughout their lives. Patrons will have the resources they need to identify and analyze risks, benefits, and alternatives before making decisions that affect their lives.

Provide a Comfortable Place to Visit: Physical and virtual spaces.

Patrons will have a safe and welcoming physical place to meet and interact with others or to sit quietly and read and will have open and accessible virtual spaces that support networking.

Connect Patrons to the Online World: Public Internet access.

Patrons will have high-speed access to the digital world with no unnecessary restrictions or fees to ensure that everyone can take advantage of the ever-growing resources and services available through the Internet.