Muldrow Public Library

Long Range Plan

FY2010-2012

 

Committee Members

Bonnie Rogers                                    Ethard Smith

Shawn Money                                    Catharine Jones

Dorothy Chandler                               Tami Smith-Allen

Bethia Owens, Branch Manager

 

Community Vision

Muldrow is a growing community where all are welcomed and receive the education and training necessary to acquire a sustaining and fulfilling job; where diverse recreational, educational, and cultural events enrich the lives of all; where safety and health care are readily available; where community pride is demonstrated with beauty and cleanliness; where the community is a family that cares for the concerns of all. 

 

Library Vision

The Muldrow Public Library strives to provide information, education, and entertainment for all ages.

 

Service Response

Stimulate Imagination:  Residents who want materials to enhance their leisure time will find what they want when and where they want them and will have the help they need to make choices from among the options.”

 

Goal 1:  All library patrons will have access to desired recreational materials in various genres and formats to satisfy and stimulate their imagination.

 

Objective 1:  Each year of the planning cycle, 80% of library patrons surveyed will indicate satisfaction with the collection.

 

            Objective 2:  Each year of the planning cycle, library circulation will increase by 5%.

 

Goal 2:  All library patrons will have access to a comfortably equipped facility in which to make audio, video or reading selections.

 

Objective 1:  Each year on a survey, 85% of the library patrons will indicate they found something to read, view or listen to for pleasure.

 

Objective 2:  Each year on a survey, 85% of the library patrons answering will indicate that they found the facility comfortably equipped to make audio, video or reading selections.

 

Objective 3:  Each year on a survey 85% of patrons selecting audio, video, or reading materials will indicate satisfaction with the merchandising of the materials.

 

Goal 3:  All library patrons will have access to a wide variety of programs to satisfy and stimulate their imagination.

 

Objective 1:  Each year, the number of library patrons enrolled in the Summer Reading Program will increase by 5%.

 

Objective 2:  Each year, the total number of attendance at library-sponsored programs will increase by 5%.

 

Objective 3:  Each year, 85% of library patrons who have attended a library- sponsored program, will indicate satisfaction with the program.

 

Goal 4:  All library patrons will have the assistance of a staff trained and experienced with technology and diverse genres in order to provide readers, listeners, and viewer’s advisory services.

 

Objective 1:  The number of people receiving ‘informal computer instruction’ will increase by 5% per year.

 

Objective 2:  The number of people receiving ‘formal computer instruction’ will increase by 5% per year.

 

Objective 3:  At least 90% of people who receive computer instruction will indicate on a survey that the assistance received from staff members was very good or excellent.

 

Objective 4:  Distribution of staff produced Readers, Listeners and Viewers Advisory lists will increase by 10% year during the plan.

 

Objective 5:  At least 85% of people completing a survey will indicate that the advisory lists were very helpful or extremely helpful.