Our Mission:
The Bellevue Public Library strives to be the local community’s best resource for materials that inform, educate, enrich, and entertain. The library serves patrons of all ages and backgrounds and promotes equal access to ideas, programs, and opportunities from early learning, to personal and professional enrichment.

Our Values: 
The following core values are important guiding principles for Bellevue Public Library, and are at the center of its organizational practices and programs.
Core Values
Intellectual Freedom: We support the intellectual freedom of all customers through collection development and service policies.
Confidentiality: We respect the privacy of an individual's use of the library for purposes of education, information, and personal enrichment and entertainment.
Community Presence: We collaborate with others in the community to effectively provide materials and services.
Professionalism: We rely upon the honesty, integrity, and collective knowledge and experience of our staff, Board, and volunteers to provide high-quality services, and we actively support their personal and professional growth through continuing education.
Service: We initiate new approaches and strive to be proactive rather than reactive in our efforts to fully respond to the diverse needs of our patrons in a respectful manner.
Accessibility: We provide all customers with equal access to our resources and services.
Accountability: We are committed to the principles of ethical and fiscally responsible stewardship of public resources.
Excellence: We strive for excellence in all we do.
 

Adopted by the Board of Trustees
Bellevue Public Library
November 15, 2000
Revised and approved June 18, 2008