UST Libraries Mission, Vision, and Values

UST Libraries Vision Statement:

The library is the intellectual and technological crossroads of information resources, teaching, and learning at UST.

UST Libraries Mission Statement:

The library enriches scholarship and teaching by providing information resources, services, and instruction that support the curriculum and the intellectual development of St. Thomas students, faculty, and staff. 

In support of this mission:

• We teach our users the skills necessary to identify, select, evaluate, and retrieve information
• We provide leadership in the use of information technologies in teaching and learning at the University
• We select, acquire, and provide access to information resources in a variety of formats
• We organize information resources so that they may be easily located by our users
• We circulate and preserve information resources located within the libraries
• We collaborate with others, both on campus and in the library and information professions, to design quality information services and to promote information literacy as an essential lifelong learning skill.

UST Libraries Values:

User-centered services 
Partnership and collaboration 
Excellence 
Personal and professional growth 
Honesty and integrity 
Creativity and innovation 
Responsibility and accountability 
Flexibility 
Engagement in meaningful work

Approved by the UST Libraries Staff
July 2004