Vision and Mission

Vision

The University Libraries are a strategic asset for the University, providing intellectual leadership and extraordinary information experiences toward the advancement of knowledge.

Mission

The University Libraries inspire learning and discovery through information resources, collaboration, and expertise.

2008-2009 Goal Themes

1. Integrate information discovery and management tools and services into the workflow of students and faculty, creating highly functional physical and network environments.
   
   
2. Expedite the dissemination and preservation of researchers' scholarship (articles, data, images, media) through new models of electronic publication, thereby influencing public policy on copyright and open access.
   
   
3. Integrate information literacy competencies into curriculum and practice and provide new collaborative learning spaces to facilitate student learning outcomes and goals of liberal and professional education.
   
   
4. Advance the Libraries' transition from print to digital collections, fostering cooperative action toward a new model of collection management and increasing the visibility of and access to our rich array of resources.
   
   
5. Leverage the Libraries spaces to maximize the visibility of our services, access to physical collections, learning, collaboration, and public engagement.
   
   
6. Share and promote our expertise and resources through engagement in dynamic community and state partnerships.
   
   
7. Invest in staff and organizational capacity for innovation, collaboration and risk taking.