Long-Range Plan

Long-Range Plan

The mission of the Woods Memorial Library is to offer educational, research, and popular materials in a friendly, professional, and welcoming environment to patrons of all ages. The Library extends to the community access to a wide range of cultural and educational programs and serves as a repository for local history, unique materials, and exhibits. To support this mission, the following goals constitute the long-range plan*:

Formal Learning Support

Improve and expand the Children's fiction and nonfiction collection to support the curriculum of the K-6 Ruggles Lane School.
Increase library usage by the student-aged population through cooperation of the schools and the Library.
Support the mission of the Quabbin Regional School District by encouraging cultural and community service opportunities in the Library for students.
Improve communication between parents of students and the Library.
Support the home-schooling community.

Lifelong Learning

Increase community outreach and educational and/or recreational programming by tapping into local talent and establishing relationships with area institutions.
Encourage utilization of Library facility as a cultural venue.
By end of 2010, creat pool of volunteers from Senior Center and the Quabbin High School which will deliver specified books to housebound individuals.
Utilize local institutions and annual events to outreach to the community.
The Library will encourage lifelong reading for children and young adults by building positive relationships with books.

Local History and Genealogy

The Library will research, organize, and make available local historical records, information, and images for public access and use.
The Library will investigate digitizing the local history collection, making it more accenssible to the public.

* Anyone interested in reviewing this plan in its entirety should visit the library.