community aspirations - library strategic planning

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S.O.A.R. &

Community Vision

December 6, 2014

Facilitated by Deb Hoadley

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Ground Rules

• Everyone participates; no one dominates

• No “right answer”

• Keep an open mind

• One person speaks at a time

• Keep discussion on track

• Build on ideas

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S.O.A.R.

• Strengths – what is being done really well?

• Opportunities – where can there be

improvements?

• Aspirations – what will the library look like

or be in the future?

• Results – how will you know the vision(s)

have been realized?

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Community Aspirations

My hope is to live in a community where

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This aspiration will benefit

___________________________________

_ and this is how

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_.

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Examples

My hope is to live in a community where our

youth have a safe place to gather and share

interests.

My hope is to live in a community where

there is public transportation available to

allow citizens to have access to shopping

and public and social services.

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Themes and Patterns

Do we see any themes coming out of this

discussion?

– Communication needs

– Transportation

– Learning/education needs

– Safety

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Challenges and Solutions

Right now we face challenges in reaching

these aspirations and in order to meet these

community needs we need to

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Actions – How does the Library fit

in?

Where can the library focus to make a

difference?

What is that action, how can it be done, and

who is going to do it?

Note: Think about the SOAR exercise

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Goals and Objectives

• Goals – long-term,broad, general statements describing a desired condition or future. This is an intention not a description.

• Objectives – short-term statement describing the results to be achieved. This is descriptive.

• Activity – set of tasks that accomplish an objective.

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Draft Goals

Library goals may relate to: services, programming, collections, staffing, space, technology and fundraising

• Goal: To develop, maintain and preserve collections in a variety of formats and locations.

– Objective: Library users will have access to materials that are most relevant to the library

• Action 1: Will annually review and assess collections

• Action 2: Prepare acquisition reports on an ongoing basis, and prepare budget accordingly