The Elyria Public Library System will always offer free resources with unlimited possibilities for every person in the community it serves.

• Library resources in all formats will be readily and equitably accessible to all library users.
• The Library provides free access to all library materials, services, and programs. 
• The Library provides lifelong learning services to all.
• The Library upholds the principles of intellectual freedom and resists all efforts to censor resources. 
• The Library’s employees are professional, friendly, efficient, and qualified personnel.
• The Library provides the highest level of service to all library users.
• The Library will monitor library services to ensure that they respond in a relevant way to
  changing needs and demands, and that their quality is as high as resources allow.
• The Library is committed to patron confidentiality.
• The Library practices fiscally responsible management of public resources with full accountability.