Facebook page for Folcroft Public Library in Delaware County, Pa.
Mission Statement
The Folcroft Public Library is committed to providing access to information and ideas for all.
The Folcroft Public Library will be the recognized source of knowledge and information, the place to gather and discuss, the encourager of reading, and the leader in cooperation with the borough, schools and organizations. We will be the gateway to life-long learning, offering a library of services, materials and programming.
Value Statements From the Board
The Folcroft Library - Board of Trustees, staff and volunteers - are committed to the following values:
We value the library as a community facility for open communication of ideas and information; its collection, displays, programs and services reflect an array of opinions and viewpoints.
We value the community by actively participating in it and endeavoring to enhance the quality of its life.
We value full and equal access to information, the building, its services and its programs.
We value the collection of and accessibility to information in all formats: print, electronic, audio and video.
We value our customers by responding to them with equal, respectful, accurate and friendly service to all.
We value reading and learning and promote both for all ages.
"When I am reading a book, whether wise or silly, it seems to me to be alive and talking to me...They relieve me from idleness, rescue me from company I dislike, and blunt the edge of my grief, if it is not too extreme. They are the comfort and solitude of my old age. When I am
attached by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as the running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind. And they don't rebel because I use
them only for lack of pastimes more natural and alive. They always receive me with welcome." (Montaigne)
