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Claire T. Carney Library Mission & Vision

Library Mission Statement

We aim to empower all learners and scholars by offering transformative educational experiences through professional expertise, resources, and gateways to information in engaging physical and digital spaces.

Library Values

Access — We provide gateways to the creation, exploration, evaluation, and use of information through the thoughtful stewardship of resources and an ongoing commitment to removing barriers to information.  

Community — We strive to create a welcoming, responsive, respectful, and compassionate environment. Our community—students, staff, faculty, and residents of the Commonwealth—is our highest priority.  

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — Informed by our values of inclusion, we support cultural awareness and representation of the wide range of human perspectives by providing collections, programs, instruction, and services that reflect the diversity of experiences within our community and encourage social justice and wellness. 

Innovation — We are dedicated to growth through continuous assessment of library services and resources leading to innovative and sustainable solutions.  

Trust — We work to build and maintain trust with our community and partners as faithful stewards of resources and information and as experts who provide for their research and learning needs.  


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