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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />GREAT RIVER REGIONAL LIBRARY - Explore. Learn. Connect. <br />Patron Services Supervisor Report <br />To: Elk River Board <br />CC: Margot Barry, Library Services Coordinator <br />From: Jeannette Burkhardt, Patron Services Supervisor <br />Date: July 23, 2024 <br /> <br /> <br />Library Card Contest <br />In June we kicked off a Library Card design contest. Submissions were accepted through July 5th. We had <br />over 500 submissions to the contest (445 kids, 60 teens and 45 adults). The Communications/Fund <br />Development staff reviewed all the submissions and narrowed down the choices to reflect how well the <br />designs will transfer onto the cards and how well the design communicates “why do you love your library”. <br />We had some wonderful artists in our region. Staff had until July 17th to vote on the final selections. <br /> <br />Leadership Team <br />LST is starting to work on how to update the strategic plan and are hoping to present the process to the <br />GRRL Board in September for the 2026-2030 Strategic Plan. We would like to be more intentional about <br />incorporating city and county goals into the next strategic plan. We are also looking at national library <br />benchmarking tools, such as the Public Library Association’s Library Benchmarks, that could help shape our <br />long-range goals, as well as focusing on our Logic Model’s short, intermediate and long-term outcomes. <br /> <br />DEI Workgroup <br />We are in the process of starting a new DEI workgroup. The team’s purpose will be to define DEI at Great <br />River, evaluate progress and effectiveness of the DEI objectives that were in the 2022-2025 Strategic Plan <br />and review data from the 2023 User survey and 2023 staff DEI small group meetings. The goal is to have <br />the group recommend future goals for the library system that are foundational and long-range. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />