The Orwell Free Library Board of Trustees adopted a Strategic Plan in June 2016 that lays out goals to work towards over the next 10 years.
Strategic Plan
Pillar I – Function of the Library as a Center of the Community
- Facilitate common community identity and culture
- Facilitate communication within the community and beyond
- Remain geographically centrally located
- Provide opportunities for life long educational and cultural experiences including hands on learning
- Recognize and support the role of the librarian in patrons/community experience with the library
Pillar II – Space Utilization
- Provide space that is open and inviting to all demographics
- Maintain event space for library programming and community functions consistent with library mission
- Maintain character of current space while providing up-to-date services
- Create infrastructure to extend library beyond physical building
- Provide quiet rooms to accommodate a variety of patron and staff uses
Pillar III – Technology
- Use technology to expand the use of the library beyond the physical building
- Provide technology capable of facilitating communication within the community and beyond
- Provide technology in a variety of platforms to encourage lifelong learning and support programming at the library
- Expand the number and types of technology needed to serve a variety of patron needs (small business, student, program attendees, people unable to visit the physical library, technology specific for lending)
Planned actions to meet the strategic plan
Committee Meeting Updates/Minutes 4/7/2018