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Mission Statement

Morrisson-Reeves Library serves as the primary information resource for service area residents. The Library provides a broad selection of materials, programs and resources with a focus on reference and popular materials. Special emphasis is placed upon encouraging young children to develop an interest in reading and upon supporting independent, lifelong learning.

 

Rationale for MRL Mission Statement

The library’s mission statement is a description of the library’s vision of the roles it will take within the community. Drafting the MRL Mission Statement came after township residents were surveyed concerning their attitudes and beliefs about the Library, their personal library experiences and suggestions for improving library service. Along with the survey results the members of the Long Range Planning Committee discussed with staff members their ideas and aspirations for future direction of the Library.

The committee then drafted the Mission Statement as a first step in focusing upon specific community expectations and needs teamed with generalities about the direction of public library service in general.

 

Morrisson-Reeves Library
Roles for Service

 

Primary Roles

  • Reference Library: The Library actively provides timely, accurate and useful information for community residents in their pursuit of job-related and personal interests. The Library provides on-site and telephone as well as electronic reference/information services to aid users in locating needed information.
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  • Popular Materials Library: The Library features current, high demand, high interest materials in a variety of formats for persons of all ages. The Library actively promotes and encourages the uses of its collections.
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    Secondary Roles

  • Preschooler’s Door to Learning: The Library encourages young children to develop an interest in reading and lifelong learning through services for children and for parents and children together. Parents and other caregivers can locate materials on reading readiness, parenting, child care and child development. Cooperation with other agencies in the community is on-going.
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  • Independent Learning Center: The Library supports individuals of all ages pursuing a sustained program of learning independent of any education provider. These individuals set their own learning objectives to meet such concerns as citizen education, self-improvement, job-related development, hobbies and cultural interests.
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    GOAL: Morrisson-Reeves Library meets the recreational, informational and educational needs of people of all ages and ability levels. Focus is on providing materials in a variety of presentations and technologies in diverse subject areas that represent broad viewpoints with a special emphasis upon high demand items.

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    Morrisson-Reeves Library
    80 North 6th Street
    Richmond, IN 47374-3079 U.S.A.
    Phone (765) 966-8291
    Fax (765) 962-1318

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