The mission of the Wadleigh Memorial Library is to provide informational, educational and recreational resources and services to the Milford community. The library seeks to accomplish its mission by providing access to a broad range of materials and services meeting the present and future needs of the community it serves. The Wadleigh Memorial Library trustees and staff have created a three year plan to use as a guide in conducting library business and planning for future library services. This plan addresses what the library trustees and staff see as the most important roles the library plays in the Milford community and how to effectively fulfill those roles. Physical access is addressed through planning to expand the parking area, a search for solutions to the dangerous parking lot entrance and exit now in use off of Nashua Street, safe and secure entrances and exits to the building, and delivery of library materials to those who require that service.
Electronic access is addressed through the use of the Internet.
During the creation of this plan it became evident that the town has already outgrown the library building, which was designed in 1984 to serve 12,000 people - Milford's latest estimated population is 12,978. The building is at capacity for materials, computer equipment and reader's seating. There has also been an explosion in computer technology which has placed added demands on the library staff and facility. Because of the growth in the town, the growth in the library collection and use, and the rapid expansion of computer technology we are now planning to acquire properties adjacent to the library which will, in the future, allow the library trustees to expand parking and eventually the building itself. The present trustees hope that during the next seven years the library, in conjunction with the town, will acquire adequate additional property abutting the library property and secure funding which would enable future trustees and the town to expand the building in 2006, which is 20 years from the date of the last addition to the library.