City of Surrey 2017 - 2021 Financial Plan

DEPARTMENTAL OVERVIEW

SURREY PUBLIC LIBRARY

2017-2021 FINANCIAL PLAN

MISSION STATEMENT

We connect people to lifelong learning, information and ideas.

KEY PROGRAMS & SERVICES

Surrey Libraries has nine branches, located in the six town centres of City Centre,

Guildford, Fleetwood, Newton, Cloverdale and South Surrey, as well as in Strawberry

Hill, Ocean Park and Port Kells. The Library collects and loans a wide variety of materials

in print, audiovisual and electronic formats. Our READ-Ability home delivery service

utilizes volunteers to take reading materials to people who cannot visit a library.

Information Services staff help customers with our collections, online databases, eBooks

and eAudio, internet sites and other information. Customers can ask questions in

person, by telephone, or e-mail.

The Library’s website at

provides links to community

organizations in Surrey and to useful sites on the internet.

The Library offers a wide variety of programs that support literacy, including story times

for children, job finding and career workshops, reading clubs for children and teens,

computer literacy classes, services for new Canadians and support for customers with

print disabilities.

The Library is a member of the Public Library InterLINK, a federation of 18 library

systems in the Lower Mainland that allows citizens to borrow directly from all partner

libraries and to return materials at their home library branch. The BC OneCard program

allows Surrey residents to borrow materials directly from other participating BC public

libraries when they are travelling.

Entertainment at the City Centre Library

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