Our strategic plan has been approved by the Board of Trustees.  We are now out of the official "planning process" and into the working part of the plan.  Please check out the plan goals as listed on our FrontPage.  If you have questions about the implementation of the plan, please contact Skip Auld, the library director, at 560-0160 or sauld@durhamcountync.gov.

Fall 2006

• "Durham's Future, the Library's Essential Role," Ellen Reckhow at the Friends of the Library Retreat Kickoff, September 6  Ellen Reckhow at the Friends of the Library Retreat Kickoff - Durham\'s Future, the Library\'s Essential Role - September 6 2006.pdf  (includes "Results-Based Accountability" Goals)
• Friends of the Library Planning retreat, September 16
• Library Board of Trustees participates in visioning activities, October 28

December 2006

• Library Staff Development Day, December 13: staff participates in visioning activities
• Steering Committee, including Trustees, Friends of the Library, Durham Library Foundation, and Staff project directors, meets

February 2007--April 2007

• February 13 - Full Steering Committee, including community representatives, meets
• Staff and community research into best practices
• March 22 - Bus trip to Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County 

• April 12 - Bus trip to County of Henrico (Va.) Public Library, Chesterfield County (Va.) PL, and H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library in Henderson, N.C. 

• April 24 - Bus trip to Greensboro Public Library and May Memorial Library in Burlington

May 2007

• May 10 - Panel presentation by library directors and other key staff in "Best Practices" libraries - Staff Development Day, Durham Armory, Foster St.
• May 18-19 - Future Search Conference:  Community helps to draft a plan - Contact Sandra Lovely at 560-0243 or slovely@durhamcountync.gov for more information.

2007-2010

• The planning process has been completed and the plan has been approved by the Library Board of Trustees.  We are now hard at work implementing our goals.  Please check out each goal on the FrontPage for the Goal Champions and to see what we are working on.