Vision Statement

The Vision

Individually and collectively, the University of California libraries provide access to the world's knowledge for the UC campuses and the communities they serve. In so doing, they directly support UC's missions of teaching, research, and public service.

The Role of Libraries at the University

The libraries support the University mission in five fundamental ways:

1. Scholarly materials: Acquiring, managing, preserving, and providing comprehensive access to scholarly materials of enduring value in all formats, subjects, and languages.

2. Services for teaching and learning: Promoting the highest-quality instructional and educational outcomes through:

• Information literacy programs.
• Instructional collaboration.
• Study services and facilities.
• Integration of content with instructional technologies and new forms of teaching.

3. Scholar services: Supporting the University's leadership as a unique creator and disseminator of research by:

• Organizing disciplinary collections of cultural and scholarly materials.
• Promoting new forms of scholarly communication and publishing.
• Forging new partnerships among faculty, the UC Press, the libraries, and educational technologists.

4. Collaboration: Cooperating and sharing efforts and resources to:

• Create economic efficiencies by sharing content, services, and facilities across the campuses.
• Harness emerging technology in support of content and service development.

5. Public service: Making the University's rich scholarly information resources available and usable to the people of California.

Planning, Action, and Innovation

The UC libraries work together on strategic plans and actions in support of the vision of coordinated knowledge management. See Universitywide Planning & Action for more information on how the libraries are collaborating on:

• Collection management and coordination
• Shared services and infrastructure
• Shared facilities
• Scholarly communication
• Persistent access to digital information