Strategic Plan
White Pigeon Township Library
Strategic Plan 2022 - 2025
The White Pigeon Township Library has long been a cornerstone of the White Pigeon community and a reliable partner to area organizations. In the past two years, the library and its staff has risen to the challenges set before us by the pandemic, offering more services to suit the specific needs of its patrons.
We strive to be agents of change in the community, both inside and outside the library walls. This drive moves us to develop more inclusive and equitable programming and services; ensuring that all individuals realize they are able to use the library and that they feel welcome doing so.
The library’s 2022-2025 strategic plan revolves heavily around these pillars of inclusion: Access, Attitudes, Choice, Partnerships, Communication, Policy, Opportunity. These pillars guide us to cultivate a greater understanding of equity and how we as a library can promote it in our community. This understanding and motivation to create a more accepting and welcoming environment for all patrons will improve the library’s impact on the White Pigeon community.
Director Summary
Mission
To be a center of enrichment, dedicated to serving the public in
a friendly, inclusive, and inspiring manner, both inside and outside
the walls of the library.
Vision
To be valued throughout our thriving community and be known
for more than books.
White Pigeon Township Library Strategic Plan 2022-2025
Strategic Focus
Investments
Outcomes
Enhance Physical Space and Access to All
Replace carpets and update flooring in Dorothy Lee Room
A safe, welcoming, and attractive space for every patron
Inclusive Attitude, Choices, and Policies
A library and staff committed to inclusion in their service and procedures, creating an equitable environment for all.
Communication and Partnerships
Opportunities
Strategic Plan 2022 - 2025
The White Pigeon Township Library has long been a cornerstone of the White Pigeon community and a reliable partner to area organizations. In the past two years, the library and its staff has risen to the challenges set before us by the pandemic, offering more services to suit the specific needs of its patrons.
We strive to be agents of change in the community, both inside and outside the library walls. This drive moves us to develop more inclusive and equitable programming and services; ensuring that all individuals realize they are able to use the library and that they feel welcome doing so.
The library’s 2022-2025 strategic plan revolves heavily around these pillars of inclusion: Access, Attitudes, Choice, Partnerships, Communication, Policy, Opportunity. These pillars guide us to cultivate a greater understanding of equity and how we as a library can promote it in our community. This understanding and motivation to create a more accepting and welcoming environment for all patrons will improve the library’s impact on the White Pigeon community.
Director Summary
Mission
To be a center of enrichment, dedicated to serving the public in
a friendly, inclusive, and inspiring manner, both inside and outside
the walls of the library.
Vision
To be valued throughout our thriving community and be known
for more than books.
White Pigeon Township Library Strategic Plan 2022-2025
Strategic Focus
Investments
Outcomes
Enhance Physical Space and Access to All
Replace carpets and update flooring in Dorothy Lee Room
- Update entrance doors for no-touch automatic entry
- Upgrade HVAC filtration system for a healthier environment
- Purchase a wheelchair for patron in-house use
- Explore the possibility of expansion to offer a green space for outdoor library programming
- Add a digitization station for patrons wishing to digitize their personal photo, movie, or slide collections
A safe, welcoming, and attractive space for every patron
Inclusive Attitude, Choices, and Policies
- Add collections to engage special needs patrons and their caregivers
- Broaden the circulation collection to be more diverse and inclusive
- Necessitate staff training on impactful inclusion
- Implement fine-free circulation
- Readily provide resources for visually impaired patrons
- Create and implement policies that will promote diversity and inclusion in the library collection and procedures
- Explore adding diverse programming such as Open Mic, adult story times, and teen programs
- Meet with school representatives to learn how to best meet the needs of our school-age patrons
A library and staff committed to inclusion in their service and procedures, creating an equitable environment for all.
Communication and Partnerships
- Offer large print marketing materials and surveys to our patrons
- Increase social media outreach to promote the library and its mission
- Empower the staff to be library ambassadors by encouraging volunteerism in the community
- Partner with local schools to create library awareness and increase usage
- Partner with the Historical Society to preserve local newspapers and obituaries through digitization
Opportunities
- Purchase and utilize a Bookmobile to increase outreach and extend library services to the previously underserved and at community events
- Create a non-endowed fund with the Sturgis Area Community Foundation to responsibly prepare for future projects.
- Install an additional Little Free Library to reach more residents
- Explore using grant or special funding to provide laptops and hotspots for internet access to the community