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Airdrie Library Strategic Planning Session

Airdrie Library Strategic Planning Session. Introductions and Expectations. Tell us about yourself! Your name Groups you represent in the community / “hats” you wear Something about yourself Any expectations you have for the day. Why we’re here today.

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Airdrie Library Strategic Planning Session

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  1. Airdrie Library Strategic Planning Session

  2. Introductions and Expectations • Tell us about yourself! • Your name • Groups you represent in the community / “hats” you wear • Something about yourself • Any expectations you have for the day

  3. Why we’re here today One step in creating a Strategic Plan This is a community needs assessment

  4. The library’s planning process “Strategic Planning for Results” Start with community needs Pick predefined “service responses” that fill community needs Develop goals and objectives that put the service responses into action Implement the plan

  5. Where you fit in Planning Committee Board and Staff Consider Local Community Define Community Needs Write Goals and Objectives Develop Action Plans Reallocate Resources Select Library Priorities LowLevel of Involvement High

  6. Today we will… Think about the community as it is today and how it should be in the future. Create a list of community needs. Learn about the library as it is today. Learn about services that libraries can deliver. Link community needs to library service responses. Create some preliminary recommendations.

  7. Community Visioning What should the community be like 10 years from now?

  8. The community today What internal and external forces will help the community get to its ideal future, or will hold it back?

  9. Community Needs Given the conditions today, what does the community require to achieve the desired future?

  10. Airdrie Library

  11. The Library Service Responses A Library Service Response is what a library does for, or offers to, the public in an effort to meet a set of well-defined community needs.

  12. BE AN INFORMED CITIZEN Local, National, and World Affairs PLA Service Responses

  13. BUILD SUCCESSFUL ENTERPRISES Business and Non-Profit Support PLA Service Responses

  14. CELEBRATE DIVERSITY Cultural Awareness PLA Service Responses

  15. CONNECT TO THE ONLINE WORLD Public Internet Access PLA Service Responses

  16. CREATE YOUNG READERS Early Literacy PLA Service Responses

  17. DISCOVER YOUR ROOTS Genealogy and Local History PLA Service Responses

  18. EXPRESS CREATIVITY Create and Share Content PLA Service Responses

  19. GET FACTS FAST Ready Reference PLA Service Responses

  20. KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY Community Resources and Services PLA Service Responses

  21. LEARN TO READ AND WRITE Adult, Teen, and Family Literacy PLA Service Responses

  22. MAKE CAREER CHOICES Job and Career Development PLA Service Responses

  23. MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS Health, Wealth, and Other Life Choices PLA Service Responses

  24. SATISFY CURIOSITY Lifelong Learning PLA Service Responses

  25. STIMULATE IMAGINATION Reading, Viewing and Listening for Pleasure PLA Service Responses

  26. SUCCEED IN SCHOOL Homework Help PLA Service Responses

  27. UNDERSTAND HOW TO FIND, EVALUATE, AND USE INFORMATION: Information Fluency PLA Service Responses

  28. VISIT A COMFORTABLE PLACE Physical and Virtual Spaces PLA Service Responses

  29. WELCOME TO CANADA Services for New Immigrants PLA Service Responses

  30. Which Service Responses?

  31. Change = reallocated resources The plan will be implemented with new funding OR without it

  32. The Plan will be a Guide… Community Needs Library Priorities Library Goals Library Objectives

  33. … for Reallocating Resources Library Activities Facilities Needed Staff Needed Collections Needed Technology Needed

  34. Selected service responseswill get more resources Be an Informed Citizen Build Successful Enterprises Connect to the Online World Create Young Readers Discover Your Roots Build Successful Enterprises Celebrate Diversity Express Creativity Learn to Read and Write Know Your Community Make Career Choices Get Facts Fast Make informed Decisions Visit a Comfortable Place Welcome to the US Satisfy Curiosity Stimulate Imagination Succeed in School Information Fluency

  35. Select Your Service Responses Based on Community Needs Community Need Service Response Children, Teens and Adults Will Have a Variety of Leisure Activities STIMULATE IMAGINATION

  36. Decide What Needs the Library Could Address NEEDS DECISION TREE

  37. Connecting needs to service responses What service responses will meet local needs?

  38. Prioritizing service responses Which service responses are most important to local community needs?

  39. Conclusion and Next Steps Information will go to library staff and board Board will respond to you You will have one more meeting to finalize your recommendations

  40. Thank you for your time and effort.

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