Provide a dynamic information resource designed to satisfy the educational, cultural, and literary needs of the public.

The privately funded collection enrichment fund expands publicly funded services provided to all persons within the county for educational purposes. new castle county fund provides publicly funded services in the form of a public library. Access to information & ideas is provided to all persons within the county for education. these expenses represent the cost of needed renovations to the building. The institute is granted a no-cost lease from the city of wilmington for the main rodney square branch, although neither the city, state of delaware nor new castle county provide funding for upkeep and repairs for the building which was built in 1922. The estimated value of the leased property is $459,000 annually.