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Louisville Public Library <br />Strategic Plan 2008 <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />SECTION <br />PAG E <br />Acknowledgements ................................................................................................... 1 <br />Chapter 1 Executive Summary ............................................................................... 2 <br />Chapter 2 Overview of the Planning Process ......................................................... 4 <br />Chapter 3 Library History, Development, and Current Status <br />3.0 Overview .............................................................................................. 6 <br />3.1 Funding ................................................................................................ 8 <br />3.2 Library Automation .................................................................................. 11 <br />3.3 Library Usage ......................................................................................... 12 <br />3.4 Statistical Comparisons ............................................................................. 15 <br />Chapter 4 Louisville Community Scan <br />4.0 Background ............................................................................................ 16 <br />4.1 Supporting Data ...................................................................................... 18 <br />Chapter 5 Library Assessment <br />5.0 Objective .............................................................................................. 22 <br />5.1 Strengths: Existing Conditions ..................................................................... 22 <br />5.2 Weaknesses: Existing Conditions .................................................................. 22 <br />5.3 Opportunities: Potential Five°-Year Scenarios ................................................... 23 <br />5.4 Threats: Potential Five-Year Scenarios .......................................................... 23 <br />Chapter 6 Mission Statement ................................................................................. 24 <br />Chapter 7 Service Responses <br />7.0 Introduction ........................................................................................... 25 <br />7.1 Service Response 1 -Know How to Find, Evaluate, and Use Information: <br />Information Fluericy ................................................................................. 26 <br />7.2 Service Response 2 Satisfy Curiosity: Lifelong Learning ................................... 30 <br />7.3 Service Response 3 -Stimulate Imagination: Reading, Viewing, and <br />Listening for Pleasure ............................................................................... 33 <br />Photos of Library Interior Public Spaces <br />Appendix A A.1 Profiles of Colorado Public Libraries, Library Research Service (LRS), 2006 <br />A.2 Colorado Public Library Annual Report -State Ratios, LRS, 2006 <br />A.3 Colorado Public Library Annual Report -Funding Measures, LRS, 2006 <br />A.4 Louisville Public Library Annual Statistics, 2003 through 2007 (summaries) <br />A.5 Louisville Community Profile, Denver Regional Council of Governments, 2006 <br />i <br />