VISION STATEMENT

The Morinville Public Library is an essential innovative community service and an accessible resource for people of all ages and backgrounds, enhancing our quality of life and affirming our sense of community, and our spirit of optimism and discovery.

MISSION STATEMENT

The Morinville Public Library mission is to give access to ideas in various media. This is to be done during convenient hours and in pleasant surroundings. The Library hopes to satisfy its members' recreational and practical interests by use of both traditional and emerging technologies. Its reference and other collections are to be kept up to date and will include works that are classics of their kind. The Library's mission most of all is to serve and to be responsive to the needs of the community.

VALUES

The Morinville Public Library values:

• Community - for every user or potential user of the library.
• Service Orientation - providing quality customer driven services.
• Accountability - of Library Board and Staff.
• Equity - accessibility, diversity, and fairness in the treatment of all individuals.
• Partnerships - continuing to be partners with other community groups, businesses, and government.
• Learning Environment - suitable physical space and inviting atmosphere.
• Promoting Staff Relations - healthy, safe and challenging environment in which to work.
• Recognizing Diversity - skills and competencies.

OUR HISTORY

Morinville Public Library has been in operation since 1967, serving the Town of Morinville and its surrounding area. It started in a former dwelling on 100 Avenue. Later it moved to the Historical and Cultural Center. In 1994, the Library moved to its present location in the Civic Plaza, right in the middle of town. As of 2008, Morinville Public Library has well over 2,000 members; we circulate approximately 4,000 items each month (1,000 items are borrowed from other libraries). Our staff size has grown from 3 part time staff to 8 part time and 1 full time staff. As Morinville grows, so does the need for library services.

Our services include an automation system that enhances and expands our services. This system features: public access catalog terminals, and public access to the Internet on high broadband connections. In 2000 the Town of Morinville joined the Northern Lights Library System. This initiative has improved our efficiency and our effectiveness. Through this association, we have many more services to offer, particularly better access to more resources throughout the province including books, databases and research. In 2006, the Morinville Public Library went broadband through the SuperNet - a Government of Alberta initiative to connect all rural Albertans. The libraries of Alberta have played a key roll in this venture.