Hope Library Association

HOPE LIBRARY MISSION STATEMENT Hope Library will provide patrons of all ages with diverse and easily accessible materials, services and programs to enhance and promote lifelong learning. The Library's collection offers a variety of formats, including print and electronic versions, and emphasizes recreational and leisure materials. Hope Library is committed to meeting the needs of, and providing equal access to all users, and encourages the free flow of ideas in order to educate, entertain, enrich and inform our patrons. Special emphasis is placed on stimulating young children's interest and appreciation for reading and learning. The Library also supports the educational needs of students through the twelfth grade. The Library upholds the principles of intellectual freedom, the citizen's right to information, the right to confidentiality of users' records, and opposes censorship.