Kurth Memorial Library exists to
provide excellent, comprehensive, customer-oriented, cost effective
information service to all citizens of Angelina County. This will
be accomplished by:
1. Providing well-trained, service
oriented, knowledgeable, professional staff and demonstrating a
commitment to staff development.
2. Providing an adequate number of
library staff members to serve the community in library
administration, reference, interlibrary loan, circulation, technical
support, and technical services.
3. Making available in writing
regularly evaluated library policies and procedures.
4. Providing excellent library
print and non-print materials in a variety of formats and
representing a variety of viewpoints.
5. Acknowledging a responsibility
to keep abreast of developing trends in libraries and in information
technology and to provide up-to-date connectivity to global
databases.
6. Providing enrichment programming
that targets all age groups and recognizes ethnic diversity in the
community.
7. Providing fund-raising
activities that create commitment and grass roots support for the
library
by a large cross section of the community.
8. Providing a professionally
developed library core reference collection.
9. Providing an operational budget
and a materials budget that reflect excellent future planning and
anticipation of future developments in information resources.
10. Participating in the Houston
Area Library System, resource-sharing, and library consortia.
11. Providing proactive library
leadership.
12. Providing a well-maintained
library physical facility that meets community expectations,
American Library Association standards, and provides a positive
working environment for employees.
13. Providing excellent and
reviewed resources for study and research, pleasure and leisure,
business, medicine, and travel, email and Internet. |
