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Bedford adopts 2025'2030 library business plan after survey shows rising satisfaction and digital growth
Summary
Council approved the Bedford Public Library business plan 2025'2030 and accepted survey results showing high customer satisfaction and growth in digital circulation; the plan emphasizes engagement, communication, knowledge and outreach.
The Bedford City Council voted unanimously to adopt the library business plan for 2025'2030 after Library Director Maria Redburn presented results from community outreach and satisfaction surveys.
Redburn told the council the library circulated over 440,000 items in fiscal 2024, recorded a 22% increase in digital circulations (about 73,000 ebooks and audiobooks), and provided thousands of programs and services: staff answered roughly 63,000 reference questions, patrons used the drive-up window for more than 20,000…
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