Rye Free Reading Room Talks About Future

The Rye Free Reading Room is eager for public input as it begins planning the future of the library. Public forums will be held at the library on September 12 and 25 and October 13.

When the planning work is completed it will reshape use of the facility
and design service priorities, programs and resources to meet the community’s needs over the coming years.

“Public input is very important as we look to the future. The Rye Free Reading Room plays an important part in the lives of nearly all members of the Rye community, and we want to assure that we receive their guidance as we address the next five years. We will be holding public forums and circulating a questionnaire during September and October so we can hear from as many people as possible,” said Kitty Little, Director.

The first of the public forums will be on Wednesday, September 12, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the library’s Community Meeting Room, and all interested residents are invited to take part.

“Change and growing complexity are constant factors in the lives of everyone in the community, and we want to stay ahead of the curve so the Rye Free Reading Room remains at the center of community life,” Little said.

The Library’s Strategic Planning Committee, comprised of members of the Board and Ms. Little, will develop a plan to assure that Rye Free Reading Room has the resources to address the needs and interests of every member of the community in the next half decade, a time that will have many uncertainties, but just as many constants.

People are intent on learning, entertainment and culture and wish to have a place to come together to pursue these common interests. The Rye Free Reading Room wants to be certain it plays an ever more important role in that mission.

The strategizing process is expected to be completed in early 2013.

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