The library will be closed Monday, October 10, for Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Please complete our brief survey to let us know what you think about our community and current and potential library services. We’ll use your feedback to help us develop our strategic plan to guide the library over the next five years. Take the survey now...
Please complete our survey to let us know what you think about our community and current and potential library services. We’ll use your feedback to help us develop our strategic plan to guide the library over the next five years. A Spanish language version of the survey is also available. Just click into the survey and change the language toggle from English to Espanol.
The library is undertaking a new strategic planning process and, with the help of a consultant, will be working with staff, the Library Board, City Council, and the greater Falls Church community to develop:
Our Strategic Plan process will begin the summer of 2022 and run through early 2023.
Our focus during the fall of 2022 will be community engagement, utilizing:
We will be looking to hear from as many different parts of the community as possible - both library users and non-users - to learn how they view the library and how they envision future programs and services. And we are especially interested in how we can continue to expand library services and programs through a DEI&B lens.
After collecting and processing all the feedback from our community engagement, we'll hold a one-day retreat with participants from a cross-section of the community to review the feedback and discuss what values, programs, and services to prioritize going forward.
Building from the retreat discussion, we will craft new vision and mission statements for the library and outline a 3-5 year work plan that embodies the updated vision and mission.
Rob Cullen and Janet Nelson from ReThinking Libraries will be facilitating our strategic planning process.