Goal & Object

  • We foster cooperative and productive working relationships across the Library, the campus, and among our peers. We embrace teamwork as a way to solve problems and achieve our goals. We share information, ideas and new approaches to our work. We seek to recruit the best people to accomplish our work.
  • We value honest communication with our colleagues to facilitate work and meet goals. We maintain open, amicable communication across the organization. We strive to be clear and consistent about our priorities to our colleagues and to those we serve. We use various tools to facilitate communication both internally and externally.
  • Develop a culture of continuous improvement through ongoing assessment of Library activities and programs.
  • Provide physical and digital environments that advance research and education.
  • Recruit, develop, and retain exceptional staff committed to our service culture and philosophy.
  • Develop information resources and services that support research and education at Dartmouth.
  • Build collaborations to support faculty and graduate and undergraduate student scholarly publishing.
  • Teach members of the Dartmouth community to be effective users and producers of information to meet their current academic needs and prepare them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership.
  • Provide leadership and support for College initiatives and priorities.
  • Effectively market the Library's information resources and services to all the Library's communities.