The Planning Committee

The strategic planning committee should include your library director, a couple of trustees, and perhaps another staff person if applicable. If your library has an active Friends and/or Foundation group, you may also invite a representative from those groups to participate. 

If your library is small, then realistically your planning community might be just the board and director. However, if you have the opportunity to include someone else in the community who is familiar with the library, their perspective could be a valuable addition to your planning team. 

The library staff should create a work plan, or implementation plan, based on the strategic plan that is approved by the board. The staff should use the implementation plan as a tool to prioritize their work.