Mission, Vision, & Values
Mission
We foster learning, teaching, and research through expert personnel, diverse collections, and inclusive spaces and services.
Vision
We aspire to be an essential partner for intellectual growth, individual success, and responsible global citizenship.
Values
Equity: We remove barriers to improve access and promote academic success.
Belonging: We cultivate welcoming, respectful environments for all.
Collaboration: We build strong partnerships to amplify impact.
Innovation: We encourage exploration and experimentation.
Empowerment: We support employee growth and ideas.
Ethics: We adhere to and provide guidance for responsible practices.
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: 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 Colorado 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. We stand in solidarity with communities of color and strive to redress these wrongs.
We aspire to become a truly inclusive and equitable organization. We engage with the university community by sustaining diversity, creating inclusive spaces and experiences, removing barriers to learning, and calling out institutional bias and structural racism.
We are a place for everyone and we will not tolerate mistreatment of anyone.