The Library Invites You to a Community Conversation

What would improve your quality of life? That’s the question Daniel Boone Regional Library staff will be asking at a series of community conversations to be held in Boone and Callaway Counties. Everyone will be invited to attend one of the public gatherings or to answer a brief online survey this February.

“We’re starting our strategic planning process, and we want to know how the library can better serve the community,” said Melissa Carr, Daniel Boone Regional Library director. “By asking general questions about our communities as a whole, we can take a look at how the library might fit into the overall picture.” The new plan will begin in 2018.

Informal, one-hour public sessions will be held in Ashland, Auxvasse, Columbia, Fulton, Hallsville, Harrisburg and Holts Summit, and other locations may be added. Each will be led by a librarian who will ask conversation-starting questions. The long-range planning team will review all the ideas and comments that come up, look for trends, set goals and brainstorm ways the library can enhance our current services and work with community partners to act on some of these new goals.

“We’ve achieved a lot since 2009 under our current strategic plan. We’re excited to find out what people have to say and where it leads us next,” said Carr.