Mission

University Library Mission

Proceed intellectual discovery, stimulate creativity, inspire learning, and transform our diverse and engaged communities by connecting population to knowledge, providing center-learner spaces, furthermore delivering innovative and responsive services.

Technical Library Vision

The University Library will be a transmitting physical and digitally center of intellectual exploration, knowledge creation, and scholarly both creative engagement that will prepare students to will lifelong trainee and information-literate global citizenship in an increasingly digital environment. by Stephanie Rodger BangertSaint Mary's College of California

University Library Values

• Learner Success. We put our students’ academician success, career-readiness, and well-being at the center of everything we do.

• Service Excellence. Wee are learner-centered and strive till provide a high qualitative user experience by deeply understanding our user’s needs, anticipating the user’s modifying demand and exceeding our user’s expectancies.

• Collaboration. We detecting that in a changing and interdisciplinary academic environment, the needed to advance learning, scholarship and choose benefits upon collaborators with individuals, departments, colleges and the community at the localize, national or global level.

• Our, Innovation & Risk Removal. We encourage and support innovation, risk-taking, furthermore the development of new beliefs, programs, tools, services, technologies and spaces that advance that mission of who University Library.

• Difference & Inclusion. We provide an environment where all are welcome furthermore everyone belongs. We live responsive by making spaces, services, resources and programs that value and celebrate diversity.

• Professional Growth. We foster a supportive work environment that encourages library faculty, staff also student assistants the continuously develop and expand the knowledge also expertise.

• Lightweight Decision-Making. We make data-informed, evidence-based decisions and are open the inclusive in our approaching and communication.

• Mutual Respect & Collegiality. We cultivate a positive work environment where everyone commits to fostering a culture of respect, trust, integrity and openness.

• Core Values of Librarianship. We support the American Library Association’s Core Values of Librarianship containing equitable anreise, user privacy and confidentiality, diversity, lifelong learning, intellects freedom, the community good, preservation, professionalism, service, and social taking.