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PROGRAMS + SERVICES

Facilities Strategic Planning

Help shape the future of your Library!

As part of its ongoing Facilities Strategic Planning, the Boise Public Library will be hosting five in-person Community Listening Sessions. Hearing how you want to use the libraries' physical locations, as well as its wide variety of content and services, will help advance the Boise Public Library’s goal of developing welcoming, accessible, and comfortable spaces for the entire community.

See times and locations below--no registration required. We look forward to hearing from you!

3/5/2025	1-2:30pm	Library! at Hillcrest	Butte Room
3/6/2025	6-7:30pm	Library! at Collister	Sycamore Room
3/7/2025	3-4:30 p.m.	Library! at Cole & Ustick	Sagebrush Room
3/9/2025	12-1:30 p.m.	Downtown Library	Hayes Room
3/13/2025	6-7:30 p.m.	Library! at Bown Crossing	Martie Brennan Room

Background

The Boise Public Library aspires to be where everyone in Boise goes to grow. The Library is developing a Facilities Plan to help us ensure that all our Libraries are welcoming, accessible, attractive, and comfortable spaces for the entire community. Building on the Strategic Plan created in 2023, the Facilities Plan will make recommendations for how the Library’s buildings could be improved over the next 10-20 years, bringing to life Library spaces that all Boise residents love to visit and use.

Your input and ideas were critical to developing our strategic plan and will again be essential to create our new long-term Facilities Plan. Thank you to everyone who provided feedback during September 2024 through our Library Facilities Survey. We had 1,950 responses from across Boise and are working to analyze and synthesize your responses. Check this site for details as we continue planning and join our newsletter mailing list to hear about upcoming activities and events!

Strategic Priority

Make our collections, programs, and services available when, where, and how people want them.

The Boise Public Library is here to serve each of the more than 240,000 residents in our rapidly growing community. Boise includes people from a wide range of income levels, belief systems, and world views. The Library provides opportunities for every member of our community to learn and grow.

Boiseans see the collections - such as our books, videos, games and magazines - as the cornerstone of the Library and want materials to reflect the growing diversity of Boise. This includes voices by and for marginalized groups, linguistically diverse communities, and immigrants and refugees. Boise residents want comfortable, safe, and attractive spaces to gather and learn. They want staff to be approachable and responsive. Community members value being close to a liberty location and want to see equitable access across the city. To reach more residents and those who need it most, Boiseans require better information about Library services.

GOALS:

Ensure that every community member has access to library materials in a format that works for them.
Create library spaces that are accessible and welcoming to all.
Increase the number of people who are aware of and benefit from the variety of services the Library provides.