Library Director Welcomes You!

 

Thanks to everyone throughout Durham, including community members, library staff, trustees, and others who have been sharing thoughts and ideas about what will make Durham County Library an even greater community resource as well as a great place to work. Thanks to you, we have a 2007-2010 Strategic Plan:

 

Saying “Yes” to the Community:

 

Durham Builds a Customer-Centered

 

Library

 

 

Honoring the Past

 

Acknowledging the Present

 

Building the Future

 

 

 

We have seven goals, a few dozen objectives, and numerous strategies to accomplish these goals as we strive to become the best library system in America.

 

Goal 1:  The library is a customer-centered and welcoming place for the entire Durham community..

 

Goal 2:  The library supports family literacy by preparing children to succeed in school and by helping teens develop the skills they need to become productive and well-informed citizens.

 

 

Goal 3:  The library is a leader in providing Durham's citizens with information technology resources necessary for academic, business, social networking and leisure activities.

 

Goal 4:  The library embraces and promoted Durham's cultural heritage, thereby contributing to a vibrant community.

 

Goal 5: The library's facilities support the strategic plan.

 

Goal 6: The library's collections support the strategic plan.

 

Goal 7: The library's human resources support the strategic plan.

 

 

This wiki will continue to be a place for updates about Durham County Library's strategic planning process.  Check back to see updates on what we ideas we have, what we are working on now, and what we've completed.  Celebrate our success and help us learn from those things that didn't succeed as well as we would have liked.

 

If you have questions about the libraries, this planning project, or this wiki, feel free to contact me at sauld@durhamcountync.gov or 919-560-0160.

 

Skip Auld

 

 

 

 


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    floatingclouds:Congratulations! This comprehensive, all inclusive, forward-thinking, customer and future driven strategic plan is to be commended, and should be used (open source wiki, staff and community input!) as a model for other library systems. Excellent job DCL staff and Director! J. Mitchell_Librarian Berkeley Public Library Berkeley, CA
    Anastasia  Bush:Comment from Eve Tallman: "The link to your library's strategic planning page is very helpful. You may know that I just left the Moab library to head the Mesa County Public Library District, in Grand Junction, Colorado. Grand Junction is the nearest city to Moab and is across the state line. This district is "huge" compared to Moab (service area of 130,000 persons, several branches, etc.) and the new strategic plan is one of the "front burner" issues as I come aboard. I'll be attending the PLA strategic planning "boot camp" later this month. Your library's transparent planning pages and your clear mission to be a great library are very inspiring to me!"
    Jennifer Lohmann:It would be great if we had more DVDs. Check out the "Other Research" page to see a story about a library system using NetFlix to get more specialized DVDs for people who request them.
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