Fontanelle Public Library

Policy

The objective of the Fontanelle Public Library shall be to provide library services to the community.

Clarinda Public Library

Objectives

It is the purpose of the Clarinda Public Library to assemble, preserve, and circulate books, recordings, pamphlets, magazines, art prints, and other materials for the free communication of ideas, the dissemination of accurate information, and the enrichment of the personal lives of all the citizens of the area which it serves, regardless of race, color, or creed. Our library also proposes that every individual will have access through it to the more extensive library facilities provided by Regional, State, and Federal Library agencies.

Ida Grove Public Library

Mission Statement

The Ida Grove Public Library was established for the purpose of providing the residents of Ida Grove with access to books and other resources and services for education, information, and recreation. The board recognizes that the library must furnish background and current books as well as other materials to supply these needs. To provide satisfactory library service, the board realizes the need for competent professional and clerical staff.

The library strives to aid and encourage the patrons in their pursuit of knowledge.

Rolfe Public Library

Mission Statement

The services of the Rolfe Public Library are geared mainly toward the profitable use of the leisure time of our patrons. We serve the needs of all ages of people, with an emphasis on pre-school and early grade school children.

We recognize that no one library can have everything. For this reason we do not put an emphasis on reference materials. Instead, it is our purpose to provide backup services for students, as well as other persons, with the materials that are in our collection, and through the Interlibrary loan services available to us through the Northwest Regional Library System.

Fenton Public Library

Mission Statement

The general library objective of the Fenton Public Library shall be:

1. To promote enlightened citizenship and enriched personal lives through guidance and stimulation in the communication of ideas. To do this requires assembling, preserving and administering an organized collection of education and recreational library materials.

2. To serve the community as a center of reliable information.

3. To provide a place where inquiring minds may encounter the original, sometimes unorthodox and critical ideas so necessary as correctives and stimulants in a society that depends for its survival on free competition in ideas.

   To support educational, civic and cultural activities of groups and organizations.

4. To provide opportunity and encouragement for children, young people, men and women to educate themselves continuously.

5. To seek continually to identify community needs, to provide programs of service to meet such needs, and to cooperate with other organizations, agencies, and institutions which can provide programs or services to meet community needs.

6. To provide opportunity for recreation through the use of literature and through computer skills.

Carroll Public Library

Library Objectives

The goal of the Carroll Public Library is to serve the Community by providing information, education, and recreation to all ages in the Community in all phases of endeavor.

To carry out this goal, four general areas of service will be covered. They are: 1) Service to the general community, 2) Service to the occupational community, 3) Service to the student, and 4) Service to children.

1. Service to the General Community.

   The Carroll Public Library will serve the needs and interests of the general community through information on a variety of topics and will endeavor to present all sides of controversial issues. Books, magazines, newspapers, phonograph records, tape recordings, pamphlets, microfilm, and other resources will be made available to the Community through the library.

2. Service to the Occupational Community.

   Within the limitations of space and funds, the Carroll Public Library will seek to provide specialized data of interest to all occupations. Although the Library has no special department, it will supply recent and pertinent information to this group for its self-enlightenment which, in turn, will be of economic and cultural benefit to the Community.

3. Service to the Student.

   The student working under an accelerated program presents a recent challenge to public libraries. The Carroll Public Library will strive to meet the needs of students through an understanding of their educational program and research demands. Although the Library does not function as a university library, it will seek to provide, within reasonable limits, materials for student use. The Library will endeavor to cooperate with area school and college libraries to provide the best possible research facilities for students.

4. Service to Children.

   The Library will continue to supply the best in children's reading. Old and new favorites, books expressing the highest quality of literary skill and book arts, will serve as guides to book selection. The Library will strive to provide children with the best books of history and information to help them understand the era.

Recognizing its involvement and responsibility to the Community, the Carroll Public Library thus endeavors to fulfill the information, education, and recreation needs of its public.

Lake City Public Library

Long Range Plan

1. Mission Statement

   The Lake City Public Library was established for the purpose of providing the residents of the community and surrounding area an access to books and other resources and services for information, continuing education and recreation. It seeks to build knowledge, understanding, appreciation and wisdom in those it serves.

2. Goals

   The following primary goals shall be striven towards in order to achieve the purpose set forth in the above mission statement.

   1. Selection of books and other materials for use in the development and enrichment of the human spirit.
   2. Provide advice and guidance in the use of these materials.
   3. Information and research services to aid in the search for knowledge and learning.
   4. Cooperation with groups and agencies in the community in stimulating education and cultural activities.

3. Community Analysis
   1. The service area of the Lake City Public Library shall be Calhoun County, the Lake City Community School District and the Lake City trade area.

   2. The Lake City Public Library is a member of the Calhoun County Library Association and also contracts with the City of Lanesboro to provide service to them.

   3. Other libraries which exist in the community are:
      1. Jr-Sr. High Media Center
      2. Elementary Media Center
      3. Stewart Memorial Hospital Library
      4. Mc-Crary-Rost Clinic Library
      5. Woodlawn Church Library
      6. Union Church Library
      7. Lutheran Church Library

   4. Strengths of the Lake City Public Library:
      1. Good children's programming
      2. Good cooperation with other libraries in the community
      3. Good up-to-date children's collection
      4. Personal service and guidance in use of the library.
      5. Willingness and ability to get further resources and research information
      6. Good public relations program.

   5. Identify needs met by other community libraries (agencies)
      1. Medical community needs are basically met by the Clinic and Hospital libraries and access to the State Medical Library.

      2. Education community needs are met by excellent Media Centers and access to the AEA 5 Resource Center.

      3. Religious community needs are provided for by good Church libraries.

   6. Arrangements with other libraries (agencies)
      1. Medical Community - The library will provide annotated bibliographies of various subject areas as are identified by the Medical Community and will attempt to build our collection taking into consideration the advice of the Medical Community and public demand.

      2. Educational Community - The library will not duplicate the services of the public school Media Centers except where demand requires. Close cooperation with the school in ordering magazines and reference materials is recommended so as to avoid unnecessary duplication. Public Library emphasis shall be on the development of the lower elementary and pre-school materials. This does not mean that upper elementaryfiction and non-fiction shall be neglected, a sound collection should be maintained, but emphasis shall be on lower elementary and pre-school materials.

      3. Religious Community - Religious materials provided by the library shall supplement those available in the Church libraries yet avoid unnecessary duplication. The library will also provide material on other religions, consistent with good library practices.

   7. The public library is encouraged to compliment and support other community groups, through cooperation and resource sharing and not duplication of services. Some of those groups in Lake City are:

      Medical Community	Historical Society
      Education Community	Arts Council
      Religious Community	Business Community

      The library provides Information, yet it should be an information catalyst in the community.

   8. OBJECTIVES

      Specific objectives shall be written, reviewed and evaluated on a yearly basis, which will enable the above goals to be achieved.

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   posted February 9, 2001