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FY 2023-2024 Highlights

Received the 2023 Excellence in Libraries Award from the Texas Municipal Library Directors Association.
78% of Library Satisfaction Survey respondents gave the Library an "A."
Awarded a $25,000 Food Education Grant to purchase a mobile kitchen and a hydroponic unit for educational classes.
Awarded a $2,500 Texas Book Festival Grant to purchase a large print collection to take to senior facilities.
The Bedford Library Foundation and Bedford Library Friends donated over $35,000.
Sold over $27,000 in pumpkins bene ting the Friends and Navajo/Zuni Indian tribes.
Twenty-two people reported getting a job/a better job on the Library Satisfaction Survey.
Goals

Economic Vitality
Be a destination for families in Bedford and North Texas.
Issue an average of 175 library cards per month.
Complete a minimum of 30 programs per month.
Plan two large-scale signature events per year.
Partner with the Bedford Library Friends Pumpkin Patch.
Connect job seekers with free resources and workforce development opportunities to help them gain employment or get
a better job.
Track the number of patrons who site the library as the reason they got a job or a better job on the annual library
satisfaction survey.
Transformation
Develop alternative funding sources through grants, sponsorships, naming rights, donations, and resource-sharing
opportunities to support library needs.
Apply for grants to enhance library resources for the community.
Partner with the Foundation and Friends on 3 - 5 fundraisers per year.
Collaborate with Euless, Hurst, and the HEB ISD on HEB Reads! Kick-off Event.
Organizational Excellence
Fuel Bedford's passion for reading, listening, and viewing by evaluating, selecting, and weeding collections.
Add a minimum of 8,000 materials per year to the collection.
Weed a minimum of 5,000 materials annually to make room for new materials.

Communicate & Engage with Citizens
Conduct an annual library satisfaction survey.
Maintain a 90% rating of good or excellent on Library Customer Satisfaction with Meeting Library Household Needs.

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