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Task Group on Library Collections Space

Final Report

June 11, 1992

Appendix A

Goals and Objectives of the Library

In support of the goal and objectives of the University of Waterloo, the goals of the Library are to provide access to information and recorded knowledge appropriate to the present and future needs of the academic community and to the university at large, and to facilitate the use of these resources.

In order to realize these goals a number of equally critical objectives must be met. They are:

  1. To select and acquire as economically and as expeditiously as possible materials which are most pertinent to the University's present and future teaching and research programmes.
  2. To organize and administer the resulting collections so that any member of the University may have access to them.
  3. To plan for and administer suitable accommodation for collections and related furnishings and equipment so that members of the University may use them effectively.
  4. To preserve and protect the collections for the benefit of future users.
  5. To provide and administer services to assist Library users to discover and make use of information pertinent to their needs, whether this information is available inside or outside the Library.
  6. To foster and maintain effective working relationships between the University Library and other University departments.
  7. To foster and maintain effective working relationships with the research community, and particularly with other libraries, in accordance with common goals and objectives.
  8. To foster and maintain effective working relationships within the Library.
  9. To continue to develop effective methods of allocating and administering available library resources (human, financial, bibliographic, physical, technological).

David Emery
Associate Librarian, Collections

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