About the Library

Service to our users is our reason for being. Those who need us most are our highest priority.

Our mission is to become the best rural public library in Michigan by being so focused on the people we serve and so supportive of each other's efforts that we are able to provide highly valued services to everyone in our community. We strive to inform, enrich and empower every person by creating and promoting easy access to a vast array of ideas and information, and by supporting an informed citizenry, lifelong learning and love of reading. We acquire organize and provide books and other relevant materials; ensure access to information sources; serve our public with commitment and caring; and reach out to all members of our community.

We strive to provide:
  • Services that are understood and valued by the community and result in library use and involvement from the broadest possible spectrum of residents.
  • A caring, welcoming and lively cultural and lifelong learning center outstanding reference, and borrower services, free for users of all ages, regardless of ethnic background, educational level, economic status or physical condition.
  • A highly motivated and competent staff that works together to provide appropriate technology to extend, expand and enhance services ensuring that all users have equitable access to information.
  • A facility that is inviting, safe and well maintained.
  • Careful stewardship of the public trust, which ensures accountability and makes the most efficient and effective use of funds, both public and private; fosters collaboration, cooperates with other entities; and builds public/private partnerships to enhance services to our users.

Our Values:
  • We are a learning organization that is open, collegial, and risk-taking; we nurture our talents and each other and constantly reassess our services and methods to adapt to the changing needs of our community. Above all, our staff members love what they do.
  • All Library services are provided in a nonpartisan and non-judgmental manner.

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