Decolonize the library
To work toward this goal we must understand and dismantle the colonial perspectives underpinning library practices to make everything we do welcoming, responsive, and accessible to all. This foundational goal informs the activities and outcomes of all of the Framework’s strategic commitments.
Projects and initiatives working toward this goal include:
Enhance student learning
Enrich academic skills. Design, coordinate, and deliver academic skills programming, instruction, and online resources that can be embedded or integrated at the college/school level.
Learn how the library is committed to empowering students with academic skills and literacies through programming, instruction, and learning resources based on our:
- Core competencies for academic skills and literacies for instructors
- Academic Skills and Literacies Framework for students
Foster academic community
Champion open and transparent scholarship to promote equitable and sustainable access to information, facilitate discovery and reuse of that information, and increase its impact.
Transform physical library spaces to enrich learning, discovery, creation, and inspiration.
Follow our current project to transform the University Archives and Special Collections space to better serve our users and preserve our collections.
Build research infrastructure
Develop robust research infrastructure, services, and expertise to support scholarship and to collect, make accessible, and promote the university’s research, scholarly, and artistic outputs.