2018 - 2022 Financial Plan Online Interactive

DEPARTMENTAL OVERVIEW SURREY PUBLIC LIBRARY

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.

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Information Services staff help citizens find information they need in our branch collections, or in our online collections such as ebooks and databases, and by referral and liaison to other libraries and community organizations. Customers can ask questions in person, by phone, or online. The Library’s website at www.surreylibraries.ca provides 24/7 access to the library catalogue, digital collections and downloads, and program information. Libraries offer 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 and coding classes, services for newcomers and support for customers with print disabilities. Surrey Public 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.

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2018-2022 Financial Plan

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