Library Surveys

If you have entered the library recently, you will have seen a large box on the circulation desk asking you to "Take Our Survey."  What's that all about? Well, the Library Board of the Collingwood Public Library is seeking community feedback to help prepare a strategic plan to guide the library’s progress in the coming years. As part of that process they are asking library patrons to complete a survey.

Why now? Well, the last strategic plan was published in 1991, and much has changed in the library world since then.  For example, many traditional services are now found online. We have eBooks, online research databases, and downloadable audio books.  People are also using libraries in non-traditional ways: to hold public meetings, to create their resumes, to fill-in their tax returns, or to book airline tickets.  As well, the library is doing more community outreach than ever before, extending our services beyond the four walls of the library. 

The timing is right in other ways too. We can build on what we learned last year from creating the Town of Collingwood’s Community Based Strategic Plan. We have a new library board and their four-year plan, once published, can be revised and updated by the next board, which will be appointed after the next municipal election, thus setting a precedent of good management for the years to come.

 

A good library listens to the community it serves, and we want to hear what you have to say.  What are we doing well? What new services would you like to see?  Are there things we are doing now that you feel are no longer necessary?  This is an opportunity to have your say and to help us continue to provide first rate library service to the citizens of Collingwood.

Please take the time to fill out a survey. Surveys can be found at the library, at town hall, or can be completed online.