Our Values

In all of our relations, we shall be guided by these values:

Enhancing knowledge

• Encourage the process of learning and the life of the mind.
• Facilitate truth seeking through discourse and investigation.
• Support and contribute to scholarly inquiry.
• Promote the Library as both a real and virtual extended classroom.
• Take up our role as collectors and custodians of the intellectual record.

In providing service

• Offer an environment that supports creativity, flexibility, and collaboration.
• Believe that each user of the Library is unique and important.
• Shall evolve to meet the changing needs of the Library and its users.
• Maintain a user friendly, comfortable, welcoming and secure place for study, research, work, reflection and interaction.

Maintaining quality

• Commit ourselves to excellence.
• Seek the services of the best people and resources to accomplish our work.
• Support individual growth and organizational development.
• Shall work diligently to exceed the expectations of those we serve.
• Shall maintain integrity
• Shall relate to each other with honesty and candor.
• Shall adhere to the principles of fairness, justice and equality in our work.
• Shall promote the highest standards of our profession, including open and equitable access to information.
• Shall demonstrate a strong work ethic, taking responsibility for our actions, keeping our word, and following through on our commitments.

Respect to our users

• Treat everyone with equal consideration and courtesy.
• Encourage differences in perspective, opinions and ideas.
• Consider the needs of others.
• Provide an environment that is inclusive and diverse.

In effective communication

• Engage in open and honest communication at all levels.
• Recognize the importance of Library-wide participation.
• Reach out to all segments of our user communities.
• Share information and solicit opinions about decisions that affect the success of the Library.