| Goal 1 |
Residents will have modern
library facility that is welcoming and accessible to all citizens |
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- Organize a fundraising
committee by July, 2005.
- Develop "Frequently Asked Questions" about
the building project and post on the library web site.
- Develop a library brochure that highlights
features of new library proposal.
- Develop a plan for insuring that the collection
and shelves are cleaned regularly, July 2005.
- Request that available custodial hours
be increased by July, 2005.
- Create a directional map of the library
to be posted at all entrances.
- Determine costs for Sunday hours' operation.
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| Goal 2 |
Residents will be made aware of the
services and resources that the library provides to assist them
in their personal lives, at work or in school. |
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- Gather information
on how to develop a marketing plan and prepare cost analysis by
November, 2006.
- Add answering machine to record messages
when library is closed and investigate enhanced features.
- Work with Assistant Superintendent of Schools
to establish new teacher orientation at the library beginning
September 2005.
- Test usability of website with volunteers
by August 2005.
- Upgrade Library website by August 2006.
Include funding for web site designer in FY07 budget.
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| Goal 3 |
Add another Internet PC workstation
for public use in the
Children's Room by January, 2006. |
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- Work with architect
and technology consultant to develop state of the art technology
in new library
- Install wireless computer access on the
first floor of the library to expand Internet use by the January,
2006.
- Add another Internet PC workstation for
public use in the Children's Room by January, 2006.
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| Goal 4 |
The library will provide children of
all ages with an array of materials and a variety of programs that
foster a love of reading and intellectual inquiry. |
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- Promote the new program
for parents and babies.
- Re-label picture books with larger type
and first and last name of the author after picture books are
weeded.
- Complete the weed of the children's nonfiction
collection by June 2006.
- Add attractive directional signage in the
children?s room by August 2006.
- celebration of Wilmington's 275th Anniversary
during September, 2005.
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| Goal 5 |
Teens will view the library as a welcoming
place that supports their special interests and developmental needs
and invigorates their interest in reading for pleasure. |
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- Work with architect
to design the teen area in new library.
- Work with architect to design the teen area
in new library.2006.
- Develop a quarterly email and print newsletter
for teens by the end of September, 2006.
- Develop a quarterly email and print newsletter
for teens by September 2006.
- Improve and expand Teen Web Page on library's
website to include interactive features by December, 2005.
- Request Friends funding for Karaoke machine
for Teen Programs July 2006. Continue to involve key teachers
at the high school and middle school in library programs for teens.
- Develop criteria to evaluate programs to
insure optimum utilization of staff time by July 2006.
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| Goal 6 |
Residents will have access to a collection
of current and popular materials and to a variety of programs that
enhance leisure time, stimulate thought and expand knowledge. |
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- Check the collection
against the Public Library Catalog and the Fiction Catalog annually
beginning in January, 2006.
- Review ordering procedures to insure that
new popular materials are ordered and processed as quickly as
possible by August, 2006.
- Book well known author to present a program
in the winter, 2006.
- Investigate the feasibility of providing
an Art Film series in winter 2006.
- Present programs on the following topics:
Patriot Act, Home Computer Maintenance, Shopping Online, Digital
Photography, Local History and Cultural Diversity.
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| Goal 7 |
Residents will view the library as a
community hub and a primary source of local informationion. |
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- Work with architect
to design user friendly public spaces.
- Complete the weeding and cataloging of
the local history collection by August, 2005.
- Investigate the cost and feasibility of
digitizing the photographs in the local history collection.
- In conjunction with the 275th Anniversary
Celebration, develop handouts to promote the Wilmington Collection.
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| Goal 8 |
Library staff will be able to meet the
changing and varied library service needs of residents. |
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- Work with architect
to provide efficient and ergonomic staff work spaces..
- Request funding for five senior librarians
to attend the PLA Conference in Boston in March 2006.
- Present staff development workshop on managing
change in May, 2006.
- Devise a strategy to have more regular
staff meetings by September, 2005.
- Utilize NMRLS library consultants to assist
Adult Reference/Circulation Department to do departmental planning
in May 2007.
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