JMRL's Board of Trustees has completed the library's fiscal year 2025 through 2029 strategic planning. This process included the stages:
Discovery
Engagement
Development
Implementation
JMRL will look to this strategic plan to guide services and to enhance the library's ability to fulfill its mission.
Mission statement: JMRL fosters personal growth and life-long learning for all by connecting people with ideas, information, and each other.
Support and involvement
Jefferson-Madison Regional Library has seen dramatic growth in collections, facilities, and demands for service over its 50 years of existence. Nine branches, including a bookmobile, serve a combined population of over 230,000 in the City of Charlottesville and the Counties of Albemarle, Greene, Louisa and Nelson. If you are interested in supporting the future of JMRL, please check out the links below for more information.
JMRL's Five Year Plan 2025-2029
JMRL has developed an accompanying flexible Implementation Plan for the Board's Five Year Plan with specific measurable objectives to track progress on Strategic Plan goals.
Planning Results
In February 2024 the Board of Trustees was presented the Five Year Plan Committee's Report on feedback from surveys conducted in the past year: