Mission: The Sioux City Public Library provides equal access to a world of ideas and information for community enrichment. We value the public’s trust; diversity in the Library’s collection of materials; quality service provided by expert, skillful staff who are responsive to the changing needs of the community; and, supporting individuals in their enjoyment of reading and their lifelong pursuit of learning. As the Sioux City Public Library fulfills its mission: • Patrons will receive efficient, effective and friendly assistance from Library staff, one-on-one or as part of a community group. • Patrons will discover Library resources that anticipate and satisfy their needs for information, enjoyment, and enrichment. • Patrons will experience convenient access to Library services in welcoming environments, both physical and virtual, that let them pursue their reading, listening, and viewing interests.		Strategic Plan • Areas of Emphasis 2005-2009 In a public library, service is the value added to written and recorded resources. Sioux City Public Library will hire and develop a customer-oriented staff with the skills and expertise to support the following strategic objectives: 1. Build library collections based on the changing needs and diverse interests of the community. 2. Provide user-friendly methods for accessing Library materials and services, one-on-one, at a time convenient to the patron. 3. Weave Library services into the fabric of our community so that individuals, businesses, and organizations think of the Library as a partner in learning activities. 4. Provide programming of interest to children and families to foster creativity, imagination, the pursuit of knowledge, the love of reading, and lifelong library use. 5. Draw our community to welcoming, safe library environments that reflect the community’s changing needs.