ANTONIA KRUPICKA-SMITH
Library Director
We are pleased to present Council Bluffs Public Library's FY2025-2029 Strategic Plan.
This document and the plan that it outlines were created through an intentional process of internal and external feedback on how the library is currently serving our community and how the library can continue to serve our community into the future. A public library is a resource for all and must reflect the needs of our patrons, whether those needs are informational or recreational. The community of Council Bluffs is a vibrant part of the Omaha Metro which is poised to grow and expand as economic development continues to blossom. We are ready to serve our current community and our future community members. This plan highlights some of the ways we intend to adjust and grow while continuing to provide the wonderful and essential services for which CBPL and public libraries are known for.
You can expect to continue to receive top-notch customer service, books and materials, technology access, and programming for all ages at the library. In addition, you can look forward to expansions in technology in our public meeting spaces, additional support and access to our genealogy resources, and expanding programming offerings through the introduction of community-led programming. Internally we will transition to data-driven decisions in all that we provide to continue to ensure we are fiscally responsible and a trusted resources for educational support, self-directed learning, cultural development, literacies, and well-being.
This ambitious five-year plan will require numerous structural changes that take time to implement but will fundamentally strengthen the library for the long term. I invite you to take a moment to learn more about how the Council Bluffs Public Library plans to provide our community access to enrichment, connection, and discovery well into the future.