Guiding Principles

Values

The Library Board and Staff are committed to:

Accessibility:
We provide barrier-free access to facilities, resources and programs.

Accountability:
We are accountable to our community for the services we provide.

Creativity and Innovation:
We encourage and support creative approaches and innovation in all that we do.

Quality:
We value excellence in our customer services, collections and programs.

Collaboration and Partnership:
We believe in working with others to serve our community.

Information and Literacy:
We believe in the importance of an informed and literate community.

Intellectual Freedom:
We encourage the free exchange of information and ideas.

Diversity:
We value and celebrate the diversity of interests, perspectives and cultures in our community. We treat all people with respect and dignity.

Love of Reading:
We nurture the joy of reading for community members of all ages.

Mission

Read. Learn. Connect.

Plan of Service

Forestburg Library 2021-2025 Plan of Service

Policies

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Bylaws

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Your Privacy

The Forestburg Public Library is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to its website. In accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP), and with our policy on the Confidentiality of Users’ Records, your personal information will not be collected on this website unless you choose to use online products and services that require it. Your personal information will then only be used to provide you with the library services that you select, and for no other purpose. Forestburg Public Library does not track the websites you visit when using library computers.

We use Google Analytics to see how library websites are being used. The data retrieved from Google Analytics is anonymous; we are not able to connect it with specific users. For people who prefer to disable Google Analytics tracking of their web use, Google provides a browser add-on that automatically prevents information from being sent to Google Analytics. Follow the link to find out more about this add-on.