new vision/mission statements

The University Library has been engaged in a strategic planning process to update our vision/mission and strategic directions. We have completed the first phase of that process and have updated our vision and mission statements. The next phase of the process will include an update to our strategic directions, goals/objectives, and metrics.

Vision
McMaster University Library will be recognized as Canada’s most innovative, user-centred, academic library.

Mission

The University Library advances teaching, learning and research at McMaster by:
· teaching students to be successful, ethical information seekers
· facilitating access to information resources
· providing welcoming spaces for intellectual discovery
· promoting the innovative adoption of emerging learning technologies

We value:
· excellent customer service,
· collaboration, innovation, creativity and risk taking,
· inclusiveness and respect for the individual
· accountability for our actions and decisions

Strategic Planning

The McMaster University Library has just launched a process to review our vision, mission and strategic directions. As a first step we held an open forum for all staff and asked them to read the David Lewis paper, A Model for Academic Libraries 2005 to 2025. The staff were assigned to work in small groups where we asked them to (quickly) brainstorm trends and implications and then develop a vision and mission statement. Then, we asked them to think about the initiatives we should be involved in. Their remarks are attached to this as word documents.

As a next step the leadership team will meet with a consultant to synthesize the results and come up with a draft vision, mission and strategic directions draft document and more meetings will be held with staff until we’ve developed our final strategic plan. More to come!

Part one of staff responses

Part two of staff responses