The Boston Public Library’s Board of Trustees last week approved a new strategic plan that it says will “guide the future of the institution.” The unanimous vote was taken at its regular board meeting on Nov. 15.

The library system was roiled last year by plan to close four branch libraries, including one in Dorchester Lower Mills. The new strategic plan makes no mention of any potential branch closings or consolidations. The document was devised based on a two-year public engagement process dubbed the BPL Compass, which officials say included some 15,500 survey responses.

“The BPL Compass is a living, breathing plan, and the credit for the strength of its contents goes to the people of Boston,” said Amy Ryan, President of the Boston Public Library, in a statement issued last week. “Because of our users’ steady, faithful interest in the future of this organization, the Compass is a greater document.”

State Rep. Byron Rushing, a BPL trustee since last summer, was one of the chief architects of the document approved by the larger board. Rushing was a fierce opponent of branch closures and was a key member of a legislative coalition that successfully blocked the Lower Mills closure in 2010.

The full text of the strategic planning document approved by the Trustees is available for download from the Boston Public Library’s Compass page at bpl.org/compass.