Mission and Vision
Mission:
The direct mission of the University of Maryland Libraries is twofold: providing access to and assistance in the use of hte scholarly information resources required to meet the education, research and service missions of the University.
1. It is building, organizing, maintaining and preserving these resources;
2. It is interpreting, instructing and educating in the use of these resources.
Beyond this direct mission, the Libraries, to the extent possible, serve the larger scholarly community.
Vision:
The University of Maryland Libraries will be an innovating leader and partner in the research library and scholarly information communities. We will be a model for client-centered service excellence, providing information resources that enhance learning and teaching in an environment -- both physical and virtual -- that is inviting and user-friendly. We will hold ourselves to high standards of expertise, performance and contribution to the larger effort, in an organization that will enable and reward achievement of these high standards.
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Last Revised: 01/24/01