Services of the Library

(II.a) The library will select from the mass of available resources and organize for easy access, those resources which best meet the needs of the community.

(II.b) The library staff will provide guidance and assistance for people to obtain the information they seek as recorded in print, audio-visual and electronic resources.

(II.c) The library will provide information and resources to help people:

  1. Equip themselves for efficient activities in useful occupations and practical affairs.
  2. Increase their competence to form sound judgments on public problems and to encourage them to express their opinions and act according to their judgment.
  3. Increase their understanding and appreciation of literature, the arts, sciences and the political world.
  4. Promote personal and social well-being and develop creative and spiritual capacities.

(II.d) The library will initiate programs, exhibits, materials lists, etc. to stimulate the use of library resources for the enlightenment of people of all ages.

(II.e) The library will cooperate with other community agencies and organizations to determine and meet the educational needs of the community.

(II.f) The library accepts a responsibility for securing information beyonds its own resources by:

  1. Collecting information about, and listing for referral, resources of agencies, institutions, organizations and individuals in and beyond the community.

  2. Providing users access to on-line information databases and the internet.

  3. Providing users access to electronic information technology such as access to web-based e-mail services, word processing, and the like.

(II.g) The library will endeavor to maintain balance in its services to men, women, young people and children. The public library will cooperate with, but cannot perform the functions of, school or other institutional libraries which are designed to meet curricular needs.

(II.h) This library will lend materials to other libraries. Patrons of this library have priority in the use of materials.

(II.i) This library, as a Nebraska State Document Depository Library , will follow the rules, regulations and standards of the Nebraska Documents Depository System.

(II.j) Periodic review will be made of library service to determine whether the needs of the community indicate that present services should be discontinued or other services should be added.

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