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Libaries will continue in their role of preserving and conserving our cultural heritage and will continue to offer a range of service not available elsewhere such as specialized access to hard to find information and material, the provision of programs and activities for seniors, children and groups with special needs. The subject specialty expertise of professional librarians will be increasingly essential as will the library's ability to provide specialized information retrieval and dissemination services in a knowledge-based society.

The emergence of the library in the distant past was inevitably associated with the development of urban centers, an educated administrative class and a strong sense of a cultural heritage and a body of knowledge worth preserving. The history of libraries is one that traces a movement away from preservation and conservation to one of circulation and an educational purpose that coincides with the development of democracy and heightened awareness of the individual and individual rights.

Technology has revolutionized the way information is created, stored and disseminated and has been instrumental in the eventual emergence of a networked, connected and wired world of individuals and organizations maximizing their use of information technology in an informed, educated and empowered manner. In this new social context, libraries continue to play their historical role in the formation of informed, educated and capable members of society. Libraries are creating greater access to electronic information resources and ensuring access to high quality information.

Saskatchewan libraries have always played an essential role in the educational, recreational and cultural enrichment of our province.

Libraries are the most likely place where one can find specific information in an easily accessible, physical location. The social nature of libraries as institutions where like-minded individuals gather and the strong social support that libraries traditionally receive from the general public have been factors in their on-going presence in society. Libraries are essentially democratic and the goal of a library is the improvement of society by helping the individual to understand himself or herself and the world as a whole.