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Strategic Plan�FY2019-FY2024�

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The Process

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Strategic Plan�

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Strategic Plan�

    • Diversity
    • Collections
    • Community Information
    • Physical and Virtual Spaces

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Strategic Plan�

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Mission Statement

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Promoting discovery.

Inspiring creativity.

Engaging community.

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Mission Statement

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  • Ingredients
    • Community ideas
    • Staff ideas
    • Mission Statement

Strategic Plan�

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  • What we’re going to focus on to serve the community better
  • Why those things are important
  • How, in a general sense, we’re going to improve services

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Promoting discovery.

Inspiring creativity.

Engaging community.

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Mission Statement

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Promoting discovery.

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We believe that a healthy community depends on broad and equitable access to information and help finding and understanding that information.

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Promoting discovery.

We believe that a healthy community depends on broad and equitable access to

information and help finding and understanding that information.

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  • The library will promote discovery by:
    • Helping patrons overcome economic, educational, and other barriers to information by providing access to technology and learning opportunities
    • Making staff expertise more accessible–particularly in the areas of early literacy, research, and reading
    • Ensuring library collections, services, and spaces support the diverse interests and needs of our community
    • Expanding and promoting outreach initiatives

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Inspiring creativity.

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We believe that learning and creating are complementary and that individuals thrive when they have ways to express themselves.

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Inspiring creativity.

We believe that learning and creating are complementary and that

individuals thrive when they have ways to express themselves.

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  • The library will inspire creativity by:
    • Collecting and promoting foundational and practical resources in the sciences and humanities
    • Providing access to creative tools and technology
    • Offering opportunities for personal instruction
    • Designing spaces and developing programs that encourage creative play�

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Engaging Community.

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We believe that citizens learning more about each other and the place they live strengthens the community and empowers individuals.

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Engaging Community.

We believe that citizens learning more about each other and the place they live

strengthens the community and empowers individuals.�

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  • The library will engage community by:
    • Seeking partnerships that benefit library patrons and the community at large
    • Expanding and promoting the library’s local history collections
    • Offering information about local organizations and services
    • Providing opportunities for patrons to explore the history and culture of Johnston’s minority communities ���

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  • What we’re going to focus on to serve the community better
  • Why those things are important
  • How, in a general sense, we’re going to improve services

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Content/Collections

Fiscal Year(s)

Task(s)

Who / Lead

Additional Funding

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Comments/Notes

Explore new ways of analyzing circulation and collections to ensure selections are meeting patron needs

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• research analytics products

• view demos

• get pricing

ESM, MC, MES, ES

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• ES, ESM demo from Collection HQ 11/20/17

• Collection HQ Quote - $9,750 annually (https://goo.gl/cj4uDs)

Circulate pre-loaded tablets/e-readers for the technologically- or visually-impaired

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• research e-reader devices

ESM, MC, DD

$4,500 from Foundation

• requested $4,500 from library foundation to start a Playaway Lock collection in calendar year 2018

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What’s the point?

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What’s the point?

  • Efficiency

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What’s the point?

  • Efficiency
  • Transparency

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What’s the point?

  • Efficiency
  • Transparency
  • Documentation

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What’s the point?

  • Efficiency
  • Transparency
  • Documentation
  • Preparedness

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Questions?