Mission, Vision, & Values
Mission
We鈥痜oster learning,鈥痶eaching,鈥痑nd鈥痳esearch鈥痶hrough鈥痚xpert鈥痯ersonnel, diverse collections,鈥痑nd鈥痠nclusive鈥痵paces鈥痑nd鈥痵ervices.鈥�
Vision
We鈥痑spire to be鈥痑n鈥痚ssential鈥痯artner鈥痜or鈥痠ntellectual听growth, individual success, and听responsible global听citizenship.
Values
Equity:听We remove barriers to鈥痠mprove听access鈥痑nd鈥痯romote鈥痑cademic鈥痵uccess.鈥�听
Belonging:听We听cultivate听welcoming, respectful environments for all.鈥�听
Collaboration:听We build strong partnerships to amplify鈥痠mpact.鈥�听
Innovation:听We encourage鈥痚xploration and鈥痚xperimentation.鈥���听
Empowerment:听We support employee growth鈥痑nd听ideas.鈥�听
Ethics:听We鈥痑dhere鈥痶o and provide guidance for responsible鈥痯ractices.鈥��
Strategic Plan, FY2027-FY2029
Goal 1: Deliver responsive support for evolving student needs
Goal 2: Extend reach and demonstrate impact of academic outputs from the campus community
Goal 3:听 Ensure organizational efficiency and promote employee wellbeing
Goal 4: Establish inclusive and coordinated outreach and communication that advances awareness, engagement, and collaboration across campus
Goal 5: Improve collections, systems, and spaces by harnessing technology
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We strive to continually educate ourselves on diversity, equity, and inclusion to better support scholars and students representing the full, diverse spectrum of humanity. Diverse and well-reasoned ideas, approaches, and experiences are essential parts of inclusion and equity. University Libraries promotes an environment free from constraint on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender identity and gender expression, age, religion, language, abilities and disabilities, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, geographic region, and more. We follow the lead of diverse communities and aim to mirror the ever-evolving language they use to define themselves.
UNC Libraries acknowledges that the University of Northern 黑料社区 sits upon the traditional territories of the Ute, Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Lakota peoples. We also acknowledge and affirm that the United States was founded on white supremacy which has built systematic racism into laws, policies, and practices which impact people of color to this day.听 We stand in solidarity with communities of color and strive to redress these wrongs.
We aspire to become a truly inclusive and equitable organization.听We engage with the university community by sustaining diversity, creating inclusive spaces and experiences, removing barriers to learning,鈥痑nd calling out institutional bias and structural racism.
We are a place for everyone and we will not tolerate mistreatment of anyone.