This year is a big one for Brooks Memorial Library. We hired a new Library Director, Starr LaTronica; we are using some of the recent generous Ronald Read bequest for internal upgrades and renovations. In addition, this is the year we have the opportunity to revise and rewrite our five year Strategic Plan.
Brooks Memorial Library is well-loved and well used by its customers and continues to be. But the world of libraries is changing. Libraries are expanding beyond their collections of books and media by providing new kinds of programs, services and opportunities. Some libraries offer classes, some loan out tools and gear, some connect patrons with community resources and some provide space for business incubators, conversation salons or makerspaces. At BML, we can do many of these things, and in fact, already do some of them. Now, we need to know what our patrons and cardholders want and need?
The Planning Committee, comprised of staff, trustees, and community members, has been meeting for several months to understand the new world that libraries serve. We have created a survey to help gather information about what our community wants.
The survey will be emailed to all subscribers to our online newsletter. It will also be available in paper form in the library’s main reading room. In addition, committee members will be going out into the community with paper surveys for residents to fill out on the spot, or take home and mail in. Or, people can just go to brookslibraryvt.org and look for the survey there.
Contact:
Starr LaTronica, Library Director
Phone: 802-254-5290
Email: info@brookslibraryvt.org
