In October 2019, the Board of Trustees of the Montgomery County Public Library determined that a strategic plan should be created for the operation of the library for the five-year period beginning with the 2020-2021 budget year. The board desired that the plan utilizes Board, employee, and community inputs to address the many internal and external factors affecting the library and hired Miller Consulting Group to facilitate the input and planning sessions and to help draft the final plan. The strengths, weaknesses and opportunities identified in the input process helped the board draft the goals contained in this plan.