Mission Statement
The Billerica Public Library educates, entertains, and enriches the Billerica community by providing relevant collections, inviting spaces, engaging programs, and responsive services for all.
Vision Statement
The Billerica Public Library will be a vital and welcoming community resource for borrowing, technology, information, instruction, engagement, and activities, where the community wants to gather, learn, work, and play.
Our Values
- The Billerica Public Library is for everyone in the community, and all who enter deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
- We provide free and equitable access to quality resources, services, technology, and programs to all.
- We uphold users’ rights to intellectual freedom, privacy, and reliable information through policy and practice.
- We recognize that reading, technology, and information literacy skills are vital to a functioning democracy, and we embrace our role in helping users build those skills.
- All users deserve and can expect to receive knowledgeable, personalized, quality, and responsive public service from staff in–person, remotely, and through community outreach initiatives.
Our Policies
- Child Safety Policy
- Circulation Policy
- Code of Conduct
- Community Bulletin Board Policy
- Confidentiality Policy
- Exhibits Policy and Procedures
- Food & Drink Policy
- Fundraising at the Library Policy
- Homebound Delivery Policy
- Interlibrary Loan Policy
- Internet Policy
- Lending to Residents of Municipalities with Decertified Libraries
- Library of Things Policy
- Library Program Policy
- Loan Periods
- Local History Room Policy
- Material Selection Policy
- Materials Donation Policy (Family Friends of the Billerica Public Library)
- Meeting Room & Conference Room Policy
- Museum Passes Policy
- Public Use of Library Phones
- Reference Desk Services Policy
- Request for Reconsideration of Library Material Purchase or Display
- Social Networking Policy
- Study Rooms Policy
- Use of the Library By Outside Organizations and/or Groups Policy
- Volunteer Policy