Mission, Vision & Values

To achieve our strategic goals as a strong academic partner, the University of Texas Libraries invests in the people, services, technologies, and infrastructure that amplify our expertise and impact.
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We equip students to thrive in a complex future

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Engage in early and meaningful connections with all first-year students.

  • Expand partnerships to connect with first-year undergraduate and graduate students. 
  • Implement an engagement strategy through which all first-year students have a touchpoint with UTL.
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Strengthen support for continuing students through graduation.

  • Implement an engagement strategy for reaching upper-division undergraduate students. 
  • Pilot partnerships to deepen graduate student success.
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Enrich the student employee experience to support growth and future success.

  • Increase UTL’s positive financial impact on student employees. 
  • Develop work skills that support success after graduation.

We fuel research and knowledge creation

 

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Prioritize access to online content.

  • Prioritize digital content. 
  • Enhance the Collections Portal.
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Enhance discoverability of all UT Libraries collections.

  • Make 100% of UTL’s collections findable through discovery platforms. 
  • Use emerging technology to increase and improve metadata.
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Invest in our open scholarship strategy.

  • Lead campus open and affordable scholarship initiatives. 
  • Develop partnerships to foster open and affordable publishing.

We foster engagement and belonging

 

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Foster interdisciplinary practices through collaborative spaces for research and learning.

  • Continue to develop impactful and inventive spaces for research and community connection. 
  • Be the central hub for digital scholarship at UT.
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Establish ourselves as a collaborative university hub for emerging technologies.

  • Be a central partner for AI (artificial intelligence) on campus. 
  • Provide roundtable space for campus conversations about emerging technologies.
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Align engagement opportunities to amplify connection, visibility, and impact.

  • Ensure that events are high-impact and consistently used to communicate the story, expertise, and services of UT Libraries. 
  • Increase awareness and use of existing space, services, and resources