Main Library - Cullman

The Cullman County Public Library System (CCPLS) is a single county public library cooperative serving nearly 80,000 persons in North-Central Alabama.

LIBRARY MISSION STATEMENT

Information is necessary for recreation, for life-long learning, for cultural enrichment, and for the support of the Democratic principles established by the founding fathers of our nation. The mission of the Cullman County Public Library System is to assist all residents of the county in meeting their basic human need for information.

OUR CORE VALUES

The Library System shall always strive to provide positive experiences for all persons who enter its doors seeking information. In fulfilling this important and essential public service mission, the Library System, The Public Library Board of Cullman County, the Administration and Professional Staff and CCPLS employees shall value the following:

• We believe that reading improves lives.
• We believe that the library's chief purpose is to support the individual pursuit of knowledge and life-long learning.
• We believe that the library should be an institution for civic exchange and a community forum for ideas.
• We believe that the bedrock of library service is a collection of reliable sources, preserving the best from the past and keeping current with new discoveries.
• We believe that literacy and the ability to learn are basic tools of economic opportunity and personal success.
• We are committed to children, youth, and their families.
• We value our patrons, we respect them as individuals, and we benefit from the diversity of cultures they represent.
• We support the wide range of the public's reading and research interests as a reflection of that diversity.
• We believe that the freedom to read whatever one chooses is a right as profound as free speech, and we defend that right and protect the privacy of a person's use of the library as a sacred trust.
• We take pride in our responsiveness to community needs and individual interests.
• We strive for equity of access to library services across the entire county.
• We embrace electronic information sources as new tools for extending the library's usefulness.
• We believe that every library in our system is a community anchor, strengthening the community it serves and reflecting the culture of the surrounding residents.
• We believe that every library facility should provide space and surroundings conducive to learning as a reflection of the value our community places on education.

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