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Strategic Plan Survey 2025

Survey for Plumb and Huntington Branch Libraries

Please take this survey to give us a better idea how we can provide better service.

It will take less than 5 minutes to complete.

A Little Information About You

Age

12 - 17 Years 8 - 30 Years 30 - 50 Years 50 - 70 Years Over 70

Education (optional)

Some High School High School Graduate or GED Some College College Degree or Higher

I have a current library card

Yes No

I use

Plumb Memorial Library Huntington Branch Library Both Libraries

I visit either library

Daily Weekly Monthly Every 6 months Almost never

When do you mostly visit the library?

Morning: 9:00am - 12:00pm Afternoon: 12:00pm - 5:00pm Evening: 5:00pm - 8:00pm

Programs

Adult Programming

Local History Programs / Lectures

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Medical / Self Help Programs

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Feature Film Programs

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Musical / Art / Drama Performances

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Specialty Book Talk Groups (i.e. Non-Fiction, Cookbook, Mystery)

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Adult Literacy Groups (ESL)

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Technology Building (i.e. Computer How-To Classes)

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Financial Literacy / Retirement Planning

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Crafts / Cooking Classes

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Zoom / Online Classes

Not Very Important Important Very Important

What other adult programs would you like to see us offer?

Children’s Programming

Storytimes

Not Very Important Important Very Important

Booktalks

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Arts / Crafts Programs

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Offsite Programs

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Specialty Programs (i.e. Yoga, Sign Language, Bilingual)

Not Very Important Important Very Important

What other children’s programs would you like to see us offer?

Teen Programming

Intergenerational Activities

Not Very Important Important Very Important

Cooking Activities

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Booktalks

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Music and the Arts

Not Very Important Important Very Important

Gaming: Electronic or Tabletop

Not Very Important Important Very Important

What other teen programs would you like to see us offer?

Services

The Shelton Library staff is helpful, knowledgeable and welcoming.

Yes No

The Shelton Libraries have enough staff to fit my needs.

Yes No

The Shelton Library staff have the technology tools needed to answer my questions or complete my tasks.

Yes No

The collection of books, DVDs and audio materials fit my needs.

Yes No

I use the Shelton library website and can find the information on the website I am looking for.

Yes No

The libraries offer an interesting and varied selection of events.

Yes No

Plumb and Huntington Branch libraries hours are appropriate, convenient and meet my needs.

Yes No

I would enjoy homebound delivery service.

Yes No

Curbside service is important to me.

Yes No

ADA compliance is necessary for me and I am able to easily visit the libraries.

Yes No

Reliable internet and hotspots are necessary.

Yes No

Cybersecurity at the library is adequate for me.

Yes No

I would like more information about volunteer opportunities and the Friends of the Library.

Yes No

Are you aware of the ongoing Book Sale in the Reading Room at Plumb and the virtual book sale available through our website?

Yes No

The connection to the Shelton school system is important.

Yes No

Are there other services would you like to see our libraries provide?

Resources

I am able to get a physical copy of a book I need/want in a reasonable amount of time.

Yes No

The Shelton Libraries have a good collection of physical magazines and newspapers.

Yes No

The Shelton Libraries have a good collection of DVDs.

Yes No

I am aware of the current collection of databases of ebooks, e-audiobooks and other streaming services and they adequately fit my needs. (Hoopla, Libby, Palace)

Yes No

Facilities

I feel safe when I am at the library.

Yes No

There is adequate signage to direct me where to go.

Yes No

There are adequate quiet study spaces to work in.

Yes No

Do you know where the elevators are at Plumb and Huntington libraries?

Yes No

I have attended meetings / programs after library hours in the Meeting Room at Plumb.

Yes No

There are enough computers / laptops for public use.

Yes No

I am satisfied with the condition of the grounds at the Plumb Library.

Yes No

Final Thoughts

How do you find out what’s happening at the libraries? (Check all that apply)

Website Word of mouth from friends and family Library staff Fliers in the library Social media (Facebook, Instagram) Through the school system

Please answer the following statements

The Shelton Library systems greatest strengths are:

The Shelton Library systems biggest weakness are:

What other improvements would you like to see?

What else would you like us to know?

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Thank you for your participation!

Wowbrary Service

Sign up for the Wowbrary Service, which allows you to see which materials are purchased for each library via a weekly email. You will have to sign up separately for each library.

You can see this week’s listings below:

New Items at the
Plumb Memorial Library

Blue Bloods: The Final Season

Blue Bloods: The Final Season

Conclave

Genie [Blu-ray]

Genie [Blu-ray]

Piece by Piece

The Apprentice

Transformers One

Transformers One

Violent Night

Learn to Watercolor: 20 Step-by-Step Beginner-Friendly Lessons on Watercolor Paper (Electronic Format)

Learn to Watercolor: 20 Step-by-Step Beginner-Friendly Lessons on Watercolor Paper (Electronic Format)

Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn

Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn

A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men: The Forgotten British Special Operations Soldiers of World War II

A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men: The Forgotten British Special Operations Soldiers of World War II

Does This Taste Funny? Recipes Our Family Loves

Does This Taste Funny? Recipes Our Family Loves

Tidy Up Your Life: Rethinking How to Organize, Declutter, and Make Space for What Matters Most

Tidy Up Your Life: Rethinking How to Organize, Declutter, and Make Space for What Matters Most

I'll Come to You

I'll Come to You

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

The Granddaughter

The Granddaughter

The Heart of Winter

The Heart of Winter

The Life of Herod the Great

The Life of Herod the Great

Goyhood

Shattering Dawn

Shattering Dawn

The Naming of the Birds

The Naming of the Birds

Blue Bloods: The Final Season

DVDs

Blue Bloods: The Final Season

Blue Bloods is a drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner, and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the

Conclave

DVDs

Conclave follows one of the world's most secretive and ancient events–selecting a new pope. The Church's most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world, locked together in the Vatican halls. Tasked with running this covert process, Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) finds himself at the center

Genie [Blu-ray]

DVDs

Genie [Blu-ray]

From Oscar-nominated screenwriter Richard Curtis, comes Genie, a holiday fairytale comedy about a genie, a man, and landing one last chance to fix the mess you've made of your life. With his job, life and family unraveling around him, a despondent Bernard (Paapa Essiedu) dusts off a jewelry box and unintentionally

Piece by Piece

DVDs

Piece by Piece is an unparalleled motion picture experience that invites audiences on a vibrant journey through the life of cultural icon Pharrell Williams. Told through the lens of LEGO® animation, turn up the volume on your imagination and witness the evolution of one of music's most innovative minds

The Apprentice

DVDs

A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as the hungry second son of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of cutthroat lawyer Roy Cohn. Cohn sees in Trump the perfect protege: someone with raw ambition, a hunger for success, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to win.

Transformers One

DVDs

Transformers One

TRANSFORMERS ONE is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever. In the first-ever fully CG-animated Transformers movie, TRANSFORMERS ONE features a star-studded voice cast,

Violent Night

DVDs

A group of mercenaries attack the estate of a wealthy family on Christmas Eve, and Santa must save Christmas.

Learn to Watercolor: 20 Step-by-Step Beginner-Friendly Lessons on Watercolor Paper (Electronic Format)

Arts & Photography

Learn to Watercolor: 20 Step-by-Step Beginner-Friendly Lessons on Watercolor Paper (Electronic Format)

By Lacey Walker. In Electronic Format Learn the basics of watercolor in a fun, accessible way with step-by-step tutorials and an included watercolor pad with drawings you can paint over.Watercolor This Book: Learn to Watercolor features 20 gorgeous paintings paired with step-by-step instruction for replicating

Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn

Biographies & Memoirs

Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn

By Christopher Cox. A timely reassessment of Woodrow Wilson and his role in the long national struggle for racial equality and women’s voting rights.More than a century after he dominated American politics, Woodrow Wilson still fascinates. With panoramic sweep, Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn reassesses

A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men: The Forgotten British Special Operations Soldiers of World War II

History

A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men: The Forgotten British Special Operations Soldiers of World War II

By Shannon Monaghan. The untold story of four special operations officers who fought together behind enemy lines across multiple theaters of World War II, and then continued to serve, officially and unofficially, for decades after in the hottest parts of the Cold WarThere have always been special warriors;

Does This Taste Funny? Recipes Our Family Loves

Cooking, Food & Wine

Does This Taste Funny? Recipes Our Family Loves

By Stephen Colbert and Evie McGee Colbert. Stephen and Evie Colbert invite you to pull up a chair as they share their favorite recipes from family and friends and offer a glimpse of food and fun in their South Carolina home.“Hopefully reading this book and cooking these recipes will feel like hanging

Tidy Up Your Life: Rethinking How to Organize, Declutter, and Make Space for What Matters Most

Home & Garden

Tidy Up Your Life: Rethinking How to Organize, Declutter, and Make Space for What Matters Most

By Tyler Moore. Bring order to your home and focus to your busy life with the guiding principles and practical routines for organizing, cleaning, and determining what’s “just enough"—both physically and emotionally—by the social media sensation known as Tidy Dad.A father of three with a stressful job,

I'll Come to You

Literature & Fiction

I'll Come to You

By Rebecca Kauffman. A modern and classic story of family, I'll Come to You chronicles intersecting lives over the course of one year—1995—anchored by the anticipation and arrival of a child.

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

Literature & Fiction

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

By Haruki Murakami. The long-awaited new novel from Haruki Murakami, his first in six years, revisits a Town his readers will remember, a place where a Dream Reader reviews dreams and where our shadows become untethered from our selves. A love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that

The Granddaughter

Literature & Fiction

The Granddaughter

By Bernhard Schlink. "Anyone who wants to understand contemporary Germany must read The Granddaughter now"—Le Monde"The great novel of German reunification"—Le FigaroFrom the bestselling author of The Reader, a striking exploration of the wounds of the past, told through the story of a German bookseller’s

The Heart of Winter

Literature & Fiction

The Heart of Winter

By Jonathan Evison. The extraordinary new novel by Jonathan Evison, about a married couple in their golden years, from when they met across big ups, deep downs, and survive-it-all, opposites-attract loveAbe Winter and Ruth Warneke were never meant to be together—at least if you ask Ruth. Yet their catastrophic

The Life of Herod the Great

Literature & Fiction

The Life of Herod the Great

By Zora Neale Hurston and Deborah G. Plant. A never before published novel from beloved author Zora Neale Hurston, revealing the historical Herod the Great—not the villain the Bible makes him out to be but a religious and philosophical man who lived a life of valor and vision.In the 1950s, as a continuation

Goyhood

Literature & Fiction

By Reuven Fenton. Reuven Fenton's novel Goyhood is a brilliant debut about a devoutly Orthodox Jewish man who discovers in middle age that he's not, in fact, Jewish, and embarks on a remarkable road trip to come to grips with his fate; it's Chaim Potok's The Chosen meets Planes,Trains and Automobiles.When

Shattering Dawn

Mysteries & Thrillers

Shattering Dawn

By Jayne Ann Krentz. An unsettling investigation teaches two deeply suspicious people how to trust in the next thrilling novel of the Lost Night Files trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz.Amelia Rivers, a member of the Lost Night Files podcast team, hires private investigator

The Naming of the Birds

Mysteries & Thrillers

The Naming of the Birds

By Paraic O'Donnell. The next installment of the “thrilling gothic mystery” (TIME) series, following the acclaimed bestseller The House on Vesper Sands, arrives in full force as Inspector Cutter and Sergeant Bliss solve their strangest and most personal case yet.Something is troubling Inspector Henry

Discover more titles at
PML's Wowbrary page!

New Items at the
Huntington Branch Library

SEAL Team: The Final Season

SEAL Team: The Final Season

Learn to Watercolor: 20 Step-by-Step Beginner-Friendly Lessons on Watercolor Paper (Electronic Format)

Learn to Watercolor: 20 Step-by-Step Beginner-Friendly Lessons on Watercolor Paper (Electronic Format)

SEAL Team: The Final Season

DVDs

SEAL Team: The Final Season

A tight-knit unit of Navy SEALs trains, plans and executes dangerous, high-stakes missions, deploying for missions around the globe at a moment's notice.

Learn to Watercolor: 20 Step-by-Step Beginner-Friendly Lessons on Watercolor Paper (Electronic Format)

Arts & Photography

Learn to Watercolor: 20 Step-by-Step Beginner-Friendly Lessons on Watercolor Paper (Electronic Format)

By Lacey Walker. In Electronic Format Learn the basics of watercolor in a fun, accessible way with step-by-step tutorials and an included watercolor pad with drawings you can paint over.Watercolor This Book: Learn to Watercolor features 20 gorgeous paintings paired with step-by-step instruction for replicating

Discover more titles at
HBL's Wowbrary page!

Hours and Locations

These are the upcoming closings, hours, and locations of both libraries.

Upcoming Closings

Current Month

20JanuaryAll DayMartin Luther King Jr. Day(All Day: Monday)

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January 20, 2025 All Day

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12FebruaryAll DayLincoln's Birthday(All Day: Wednesday)

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February 12, 2025 All Day

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17FebruaryAll DayPresidents' Day(All Day: Monday)

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February 17, 2025 All Day

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Plumb Memorial Library Hours

65 Wooster Street • Shelton CT, 06484

9:00^am – 5:00^pmMonday

9:00^am – 8:00^pmTuesday

9:00^am – 5:00^pmWednesday

9:00^am – 8:00^pmThursday

9:00^am – 5:00^pmFriday

9:00^am – 3:00^pmSaturday

Main Number
203-924-1580

Extensions
x 1 Adult Circulation
x 2 Reference Department
x 3 Children’s Circulation
x 4 Staff Member by Last Name

Curbside Service will be available upon request.

Huntington Branch Library Hours

41 Church Street • Shelton CT, 06484

10:00^am – 7:00^pmMonday

10:00^am – 5:00^pmTuesday

10:00^am – 7:00^pmWednesday

10:00^am – 5:00^pmThursday

10:00^am – 5:00^pmFriday

10:00^am – 3:00^pmSaturday

Main Number
203-926-0111

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x 3 Children’s Circulation
x 4 Staff Member by Last Name

Huntington Branch Library Hours

10:00^am – 7:00^pmMonday

10:00^am – 5:00^pmTuesday

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10:00^am – 3:00^pmSaturday

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203-926-0111

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January 20, 2025 All Day

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February 12, 2025 All Day

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February 17, 2025 All Day

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