Strategic Plan: 2000-2005

Libraries Mission and Vision

The UTA Libraries bring together knowledgeable staff, scholarly information, welcoming spaces, and leading-edge technology to promote learning and enable research. First and foremost we serve UTA students and faculty. We also serve as a valuable resource for University staff and for the community beyond the campus.

We will know we are succeeding when...

...the library is a center of academic life.

...our physical spaces promote research, reflection, collaboration.

...our virtual space offers resources and services anywhere, anytime.

...all resources and services are easy to use.

...all users are information fluent.

...our investment in staff, information resources, and technology promotes academic success and life-long learning.

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Libraries Goals

Goal 1: Build a collection of resources befitting a premier research university.

Outcome: Customers will be more satisfied with our ability to provide access to the information they need to be successful.

Goal 2: Increase distributed access to information resources and services.

Outcome: UTA students and faculty will have access to more resources and services anytime, anywhere.

Goal 3: Make information services and resources easy to find and easy.

Outcome: Customers are empowered by the Libraries' organization of information, resources, and services.

Goal 4: Give every university community member opportunities to become information literate.

Outcome: UTA students and faculty are increasingly proficient in conducting information research in an increasing complex environment.

Goal: 5: Integrate library services and resources into all aspects of campus life.

Outcome: UTA community members increasingly recognize that the Libraries have a responsibility to help them carry out their role successfully.

Goal 6: Use emerging technologies to improve and expand the services we provide.

Outcome: Customers will have reliable access to more and better services through the latest technologies.

Goal 7: Plan and design library facilities for the future.

Library users and staff will be increasingly pleased with library facilities.

Goal 8: Give every library staff member opportunities to succeed in an increasingly complex workplace.

Outcome: Library staff members feel they are valued and have opportunities to be successful.

Goal 9: Foster the growth of an innovative and dynamic learning organization.

Outcome: The Libraries will be able to anticipate and incorporate change effectively.

Rev. 5/6/2002