Mission, Vision, and Guiding Principles

Mission

The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries supports the University’s goals of advancing knowledge and pursuing excellence. We are a model 21st century urban academic library dedicated to elevating the research and scholarship of our diverse communities.

Vision

Our vision is to be recognized as an academic library that creates extraordinary opportunities for learning, discovery, and innovation.

Guiding Principles

We Care—about our students, our staff, our faculty, and our community.

We Empower—Mavericks to lead us into the future.

We Take Ownership—for building the world we want to live in by providing services, programming, and resources that exceed our users’ expectations.

We Are Extraordinary—in everything we do.