Other members of the community in addition to library staff and trustees are to be involved in developing the plan. Goals and action steps are to reviewed annually. The SWOT analysis permits participants to examine the internal environment for Strengths and Weaknesses and the external environment for Opportunities and Threats. Analysis of available data and involvement of members of those environments are important tools during this stage. Values are the unchanging, constant beliefs and norms that underlie the vision.
Goals are statements of outcome which support the vision.
There may be multiple objectives for each goal. Each Objective will have associated Action Steps which will state what will be done by whom by specified dates. Enabling strategies are infrastructure items that underlie all the objectives. The Northeast Kansas Library System enables its members to provide quality information, quality resources and quality services to all people through system support services and grants. Members maintain the highest level of library administration and operations.