Strategic Plan

Elm Grove Public Library Strategic Plan: 2024 – 2028

Strategic Goals and Objectives

Strategic Goal #1: Provide top-notch service and resources that welcome our entire community and meet its diverse needs.

Objectives:

Build on the library’s core strengths to be a hub for literacy, learning and exploration for our community.
Ensure the library is a welcoming place for all.
Identify key trends and community needs to determine appropriate service priorities for Elm Grove.
Evaluate and align services and staff capacity/interest, with community needs, with a focus on programming for growing segments of the Elm Grove community.

Strategic Goal #2: Grow community outreach, awareness, and engagement to make sure EGPL products and services are known by the full Elm Grove community.

Objectives:

Develop and implement a communication/marketing plan for the EGPL. This plan should address the following needs:

Increase and activate library supporters and advocates.
Strengthen and broaden community collaborations and partnerships.
Grow EGPL’s presence outside of the library building.
Engage with key community stakeholders, particularly Village leadership, to build awareness and understanding of the library’s work and the potential the library holds for our community.

Strategic Goal #3: Optimize library spaces to provide a comfortable and welcoming place for people to explore, learn, and come together – now and in the future.

Objectives:

Determine and implement appropriate ways to improve the utilization of existing space to meet the needs of the community and library staff.
Develop a plan to Identify community needs and expectations that will improve and may increase the library’s physical spaces.
Carefully curate all types of materials in the collection to be relevant and up-to-date and to increase circulation and accessibility.

Approved by Elm Grove Library Board

February 20, 2024