Strategic Framework for Impact
2024 - 2029
For nearly 130 years, the Boise Public Library has been a valued community asset providing open access to knowledge, stories, and ideas for all Boiseans. As the Library continues to evolve with our community, we recognize that a lot has changed in the past few years. Our city is growing rapidly, and we are experiencing transformative changes including technology advances and fundamental alterations to the way we provide service. These changes present an opportunity to create a Library of the future to serve Boiseans for years to come. To write the Library’s next chapter, we listened to the community first.
How We Listened
The Boise Public Library held listening sessions, attended various community events, interviewed individuals and organizations, offered visioning activities in our libraries, and conducted an online survey that had over 2300 responses. We focused on listening to the community to address questions like:
- Do our programs and services reflect our community’s needs and wants?
- How can we create a welcoming environment for everyone?
- Where can we make the biggest impact and set bold goals for the years ahead?
We are grateful for all the input the community shared with us.
Strategic Priorities
The Strategic Framework for Impact, built on the above input, will guide the Boise Public Library’s efforts for the next five years. This framework will help ensure we meet the needs of the community. It will help us prioritize our work and better report to the community on our results. It will both inspire us and hold us accountable. The framework outlines our updated vision, mission, and values and includes the following four strategic priorities:
Strategic Documents
View the strategic plan documents in their entirety.
Next Steps
The Boise Public Library will learn and adjust over the next five years. Our internal implementation plan features the development of annual work plans with specific objectives and actions and ways to measure our success.
We will regularly report to the public, Board of Trustees, City Council, and staff on how we use budget and resources. We will provide annual updates to the community of our progress on the Strategic Priorities. This page will act as a resource for information and will be updated as we continue to grow with the community.
We look forward to the next chapter of the Boise Public Library!
Questions about this project? Email BPLStrategic@cityofboise.org.