Public libraries contribute to free and open access to information, promote inclusion and social
cohesion in an info‐diverse and multicultural space, stimulate lifelong learning, encourage
citizen participation, and support empowerment and development of communities. Public
libraries guide these actions in accordance with the goals and objectives that make up their
strategies and projections. Public library performance in Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia,
Denmark, Slovenia, Spain, the United States, Hong Kong, England, Lithuania, Norway, Poland
and the United Kingdom are examined. In addition, the strategic projections of public libraries
are analyzed in some of these contexts, and the convergence between its functions, goals,
objectives and actions that they pursue for the benefit of the communities are noticed. Those
goals are achieved, from the documental and content analysis of the strategic documents and
the scientific production related to the actions of these public libraries.