Our Mission
The Prince Rupert Public Library's mandate is to:
- Assemble, preserve and administer, in organized collections, books and related educational and recreational material, in order to promote, through guidance and stimulation in the communication of ideas, an enlightened citizenship and enriched personal lives.
- Serve the community as a centre of reliable information.
- Support the educational, civic, and cultural activities of community groups.
- Provide opportunity and enrichment for children, young people, men and women to educate themselves continuously.
- Seek continually to identify community needs, to provide programs of service and access to meet such needs, and to cooperate with other organizations, agencies and institutions which can provide programs and services to meet community needs.
Source: Prince Rupert Public Library Board, Statement of Policy, 1990 (Part 1.1 a–f)
Our Vision
Our vision statement is being developed as part of the new Strategic Plan, currently in progress. It will be published here once the plan is adopted — expected spring 2026.