Ames Public Library Strategic Plan
Today is 11/21/2008
The Agora of Our Community >>
Summary of Community Needs >>
Summary of Current Library Conditions >>
Goals
Primary Goals:
Ames Public Library’s top priorities to which we will devote our resources in terms of staff, materials acquisitions, facility planning, and policy development.
- Library customers will have age-appropriate advisory services, resources, and programming to direct them to leisure materials in various formats of interest to them. Read More >>
- Library customers will find materials to stimulate their imagination and enhance their leisure time. Read More >>
- Library customers will have the collections, services, and programs they need to satisfy their curiosity and continue to learn throughout their lives. Read More >>
- Library customers will have safe, comfortable, and welcoming physical spaces in which to enjoy individual pursuits, express themselves, and meet and interact with others. Read More >>
- Library customers will have inviting and user-friendly virtual spaces in order to enjoy individual pursuits, express themselves, and interact with others. Read More >>
- Children through age six and their caregivers will have collections, programs, services, and spaces designed to ensure that children will enter school ready to learn to read, write, and listen. Read More >>
- School-age children, teens and their caregivers will have collections, programs, services, and spaces designed to encourage reading, library use, and creativity. The library will help them acquire skills in finding and using information; nurture a lifelong love of learning; and aid the transition from child to adult. Read More >>
Support Goals:
Ames Public Library will devote our resources to assure the integrity of these library services.
- Library customers will have the skills to find, evaluate, and use information to make informed decisions. Read More >>
- Library customers will have access to information, resources, and programming that will enhance their opportunities to participate successfully in civic, social, and governmental arenas. Read More >>
- Library customers will have access to digital resources through a reliable infrastructure to obtain information, skill building, entertainment, and communication. Read More >>
Maintenance Goals:
Ames Public Library will continue to maintain these services. Whenever possible, we will support these services through grant opportunities and/or by partnering with institutions whose missions are aligned with ours.
- Library customers will have access to information and materials about Ames and the surrounding area in order to discover their heritage and explore their community. Read More >>
- Library customers will have access to materials to help them make career choices and build successful enterprises. Read More >>
- All library customers will have access to resources and knowledgeable staff to answer their questions on a wide array of topics. Read More >>
- Library customers will have collections, programs and services that promote appreciation and understanding of diverse people and cultures. Read More >>
- Library customers will have the support they need to improve their literacy skills in order to meet their personal goals. Read More >>