Strategic Plan Framework, 2025-2030
Mission
University Libraries champion intellectual freedom to inspire critical thinking, creativity, the pursuit of knowledge, information literacy, and the open exchange of ideas.
Vision
University Libraries will be a vibrant hub where knowledge connects people, sparks innovation, and creates a sense of community through equitable access to information.
Values
Access
Inquiry
User Privacy
Collaboration
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Strategic Priorities
Inclusive Culture
- Foster a culture where mutual respect is the norm and employees feel a strong sense of purpose and belonging
- Cultivate a culture of creativity, innovation, and collaboration through critical discourse
- Work to provide and support growth opportunities for library employees
Responsive Spaces
- Ongoing assessment and improvement of physical spaces
- Ongoing assessment and improvement of the user experience in online spaces
- Establish University Libraries as the hub for teaching, learning, and discovery to build community
Leadership in Literacies
- Leverage our expertise in information literacy, digital literacy, AI literacy, digital projects, digital scholarship, and responsive collections
- Support our colleagues university-wide by convening critical conversations around the ethical use of AI, with particular attention to inclusive access, metadata creation, and user privacy.
Student Success
- Assess and evolve research support: KM, DCL, instruction, collections, open initiatives
- Active efforts towards campus vibrancy initiative
- University hub for student supports and engaging programming
- Responsive collection development tied to curriculum
- Assess and evolve technology needs
- Grow credit-bearing information literacy courses
Strategic Partnerships
- Partner with IT to streamline services, systems, and spaces
- Partner across the university for engaging programming
- Strengthen partnerships to support student success
- Develop innovative curricular and co-curricular student experiences to enhance information literacy skills and bolster emerging course models, focusing particularly on the academic student success initiatives.
- In partnership with the Office of the Provost and FTLC, increase support for OER creation and adoption by offering additional incentives for authors (e.g. course release).
- Partner to ensure responsible and effective stewardship of our resources
- Assess partnerships regularly for sustainability and reciprocity