Library Mission Statement
The mission of the Mount Vernon Public Library is to provide a safe, accessible facility where people, information, and ideas come together to enrich lives and build community, and where lifelong habits of learning, self-improvement and self-expression are championed. As the Central Library of Westchester County, the Mount Vernon Public Library focuses on developing unique and current collections that build on technological advances, and serving the diversity of patrons throughout the county.
The Mount Vernon Public Library is guided by the following principles to achieve excellence: support for intellectual freedom, literacy promotion, respect for and inclusion of the entire community, fostering a healthy democracy, forming strong partnerships, adaptability, innovation, and a professional and skilled staff that serves people of all ages, interests and abilities with fairness and equality.