A new Tagline has been chosen for the Calcasieu Parish Public Library. Read-Learn-Connect was chosen from 686 entries received between November 12 and December 12, 2008.
      Tying for the winning entry were Charles Broussard of Iowa and Marilyn Bonnette of Moss Bluff. Each has been presented with a check for $100.00 from the Calcasieu Parish Friends of the Library.
     The Library administrative staff narrowed the 686 entries received from across the parish to 25 finalists. The Library Board of Control were presented with the finalists at their December meeting and returned with the winning selection at the January meeting.
     A tagline is a short phrase that explains in a few words what the library does and what makes it unique. The tagline becomes part of the library's identity and differs from a slogan, which promotes a campaign and may change or disappear entirely when the campaign ends.
     The tagline chosen reflects the Strategic Plan goals for Calcasieu Parish Public Library through 2012. The strategic planning process was a collaborative effort including community stakeholders, all levels of library staff, the members of the library management team, and the Board of Control. The process included identifying parish needs and determining how the library could work with other parish organizations and agencies to meet those needs.
     The goals call for satisfying curiosity through lifelong learning; stimulating imagination through reading, viewing and listening for pleasure; connecting to the online world through public internet access; creating young readers through emergent literacy; and visiting a comfortable place, both physical and virtual.

Keep watching for the appearance of the Tagline on the website!

Below is a picture of the winners. Starting from the left: Marilyn Bonnette, Laskie Rougeau, (Treasurer of the Friends of the Library, Calcasieu Chapter), and Charles Broussard.
Congratulations!