{"id":20508,"date":"2016-09-18T11:14:28","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T15:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=20508"},"modified":"2016-09-18T11:28:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T15:28:16","slug":"huntsville-public-library-strategic-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/huntsville-public-library-strategic-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Have ideas for your library? Speak up!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Huntsville Public Library (HPL) wants to make sure that your library is truly your library. After all, a library that doesn\u2019t meet your needs isn\u2019t a very useful one.<\/p>\n

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The library regularly does surveys to ask patrons what they want the library to offer in specific areas, but this month they\u2019re taking that process a step further. As part of its strategic planning, HPL has hired Bloom Consulting to collect information that will be used to guide the library over the next four years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to be a community-led library,\u201d said HPL Board Chair Sue Dixon. \u201cThe community helps to support the library financially and we want to deliver what the community wants. And then we can ink that into our strategic plan and develop objectives and goals to meet what the community wants.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the most recent ways the library has incorporated community feedback is with the purchase of The Annex. \u201cThe community told us they wanted things and we realized we needed more space to deliver them,\u201d said Dixon. \u201cThere\u2019s a method that tells us, based on our population, how much square footage our library should be. And we learned a while ago that we are undersized. So by purchasing this building it brings us closer to the square footage we need.\u201d The library purchased The Annex with donated funds rather than using taxpayer dollars. (Read about The Annex on Huntsville Doppler here<\/a><\/u>.)<\/p>\n

The library has also been expanding its technology offerings at the request of the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a help desk that\u2019s free to everyone every Thursday from 5-7 p.m. People can come in with their tablets, their iPhones, their e-reader and we can answer their questions. It\u2019s run by a couple of teens \u2013 it\u2019s a great way to engage our youth.\u201d The library will also be offering technology classes \u2013 like an intro to Photoshop, or Word and Excel basics. And it has invested in technology like a 3D printer.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Cortney Lee-Comeau with Huntsville Public Library’s 3D printer<\/p><\/div>\n

More than just offering these tools, though, the library wants to be a space where people come together to connect, collaborate and create through initiatives like makerspaces.<\/p>\n

\u201cA makerspace is a collaborative workspace where people gather to learn and tinker and explore,\u201d said Dixon. \u201cIt can be simple or it can be advanced. You could have recycled materials like cardboard or old electronics and people build and create new objects from them. And we\u2019ve had the robotics team come into the library and do some of their work there.\u201d<\/p>\n

But what about books?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Libraries still have books, of course, and people do still want to read them. \u201cIt\u2019s wonderful to see people reading because when people read, good things happen in communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

During this year\u2019s TD Summer Reading Program, more people than ever participated at the library \u2013 487 of them read a total of 3592 books.<\/p>\n

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Tots and kids read an astounding number of books during the TD Summer Reading Club at HPL<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe do have stats that tell us people still want to read books and we want people to tell us what kinds of books they want to read.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not just what. Where and how matters, too.<\/strong><\/p>\n

HPL recognizes that people can\u2019t always get to the library, so they\u2019ve begun bringing the library to the people. \u201cWe find ourselves more and more out in the community,\u201d said Dixon. The library\u2019s outreach programs deliver books to long-term care facilities, for example, and they go to local organizations to talk about what the library does.<\/p>\n

They have programming for all ages and they use innovative ways to improve literacy, like letting children read to a certified dog if they struggle with oral reading.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll go to where the community wants us. If people want us to get to them electronically, through cyberspace, we\u2019ll offer things online, too. (This process) is really an opportunity for us to say, hey, what do you want your library to be? We want to serve the needs of everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

Feedback tells them that the library is hitting the mark most of the time, and Dixon said they have the library\u2019s staff to thank for that. \u201cThey are a wonderful group of people and we are very fortunate to have them. We also appreciate our Friends group \u2013 they support us very well with fundraising and we are grateful to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Share your opinions on what the future should look like at Huntsville Public Library: take the online survey<\/a><\/u> or attend one of the community sessions at The Annex on September 21 at 6:30 p.m. and September 28 at 4:00 p.m. RSVP to Bloom Consultants at info@bloomsolutions.ca or 705-783-5932.<\/p>\n

Don’t miss out on Doppler! Sign up for our free, twice-weekly newsletter here<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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