Stanley Tubbs Memorial Library

Long Range Plan

FY2010-2012

 

Committee Members

Barbara Scott                                                 Joyce Bradshaw

Mary Kirby                                                    Mary Jo Stites

J.T. Stites                                                       Judy Martens

Dr. Kathy Harrell                                            Bill Baker

Charles Roberts                                              Bethia Owens, Librarian

 

Community Vision  

Sallisaw, county seat of Sequoyah County, is a city that values the past while enthusiastically embracing the future.  The residents regard the opportunities of a quality education and training as essential to provide fulfilling and sustaining life’s work.  The residents recognize the opportunity to expand the tourism industry by preservation of historical and environmental treasures.

 

Library Vision

The Stanley Tubbs Memorial Library strives to provide all necessary resources to fulfill the community residents’ desires for educational, cultural and recreational experiences.

 

Service Response

Satisfy Curiosity:  “Residents will have the resources they need to explore topics of personal interest and continue to learn throughout their lives.”

 

Goal 1:  Library patrons will have access to desired materials on a multitude of topics in various formats in order to satisfy their personal curiosity.

 

Objective 1:  Each year of the planning cycle, 80% of library patrons surveyed will indicate that the collection of lifelong interest materials is very good or excellent.

 

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

 

Goal 2:  Library patrons will have access to a wide variety of programs on diverse subjects to satisfy their curiosity and continue their life long learning.

 

Objective 1:  Each year, the attendance at library-sponsored programs will increase by 5%. 

 

Objective 2:  Each year, 85% of library patrons who have attended a library- sponsored program, when surveyed, will indicate satisfaction with the program.

 

Goal 3:  Library patrons will have the assistance of a staff trained and experienced with print and electronic resources in order to satisfy their curiosity.

 

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:  At least 80% of people who receive reference assistance will indicate on a survey that they received service from staff members was very good or excellent.

 

Goal 4:  Library patrons will have access to a comfortably equipped facility in order to make audio, video, and reading selections to satisfy their curiosity.

 

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

 

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.