Our Mission

The mission of the Homewood Public Library District is to provide not only the best library services, material, staff and cost-efficient facility but to aggressively market and promote our extensive reference collection, our adult and children's collections and provide a diverse, educational, cultural, and recreational resource through a variety of media to our community's changing age and demographic patterns, limited only by available funding and other resources supplied by residents and community organizations.

Our Vision

The Library aspires to enrich and enhance the lives of our patrons and community.

Vision Directives

• To provide opportunities for cultural, intellectual and personal growth
• To provide a stimulating, pleasing and welcoming environment
• To provide access to information, literature and the arts through diverse formats
• To provide friendly, professional service
• To provide assistance to patrons in their search for knowledge
• To provide cultural, educational and recreational programs which inspire and entertain
• To attract develop and retain a friendly, competent library staff that provides outstanding patron service
• To provide space for our patrons and community to meet, greet, discuss and debate
• To support life long learning and discovery
• To foster and nourish the pleasure of reading
• To actively participate in the life of our community
• To continuously evolve to better serve our patrons and community