The Nevada State Library, Archives, and Public Records (NSLAPR) is partnering with Dr. Fred Steinmann from the University of Nevada, Reno to develop a new five year statewide masterplan designed to strengthen and support Nevada's entire library ecosystem. 

This planning process includes public libraries, school libraries, academic libraries, special libraries, archives, and the many partners who intersect with library services across Nevada.

We Need Your Voice

To help guide this work, we are collecting input from two important groups: 

  1. Internal Stakeholders: library staff, trustees and board members, Friends groups, and other internal partners. Please fill out the Internal Stakeholders Survey.
  2. External Stakeholders: patrons, community members, civic partners, educators, organizations, and other users who engage with libraries. Please fill out the External Stakeholders Survey.

Both surveys are now open. If you have not yet responded to the internal survey or shared it with your internal stakeholders, please do so. We are also asking all libraries to share the external survey widely through newsletters, email lists, social media, community boards, and partner organizations.

For youth serving libraries and K-12 environments, please share the external survey with parents rather than directly with minors.

Why This Matters

Libraries in Nevada are evolving rapidly, from digital resources, to collaboration across agencies, to new community roles. This masterplan will define statewide priorities, identify needs, and help build a more unified future across all library types. Your feedback directly influences the direction and recommendations in this plan.

Thank You

Thank you to every director, staff member, board, partner, and patron participating in this process. Your perspective is essential as we help build a stronger and more connected Nevada library ecosystem for the next five years.

If you have any questions about this strategic planning effort, please reach out to Fred Steinmann, at 775-784-1655 or fred@unr.edu.