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Mission statement, values and vision

Mission

The University Libraries at Virginia Tech provide and promote access to information resources for the achievement of the University's objectives in teaching, learning, research, creativity, and community service.

We are dedicated to meeting the information, curricular, and research needs of students, faculty and staff of the Virginia Tech community, wherever located, in a manner that respects the diversity of community and ideas.

We provide selected services to a wider community of users.

Values

We are defined by our core commitment to the sharing of what humanity has discovered and thought. We value:

• Information, whose free flow throughout the University provides an accurate basis for its work
• Ideas, the University's defining occupation
• Knowledge, which preserves the progress of past generations
• Discovery, which builds the future
• Truth, which guides our interactions with one another and with our public

Vision

We will be collaborative partners with members of the University community as we collectively work to position the University as a top-tier research institution. Wherever they are located, members of the Virginia Tech community will be supported by the library as they engage in research, as the share in quality learning experiences at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and as they work in transferring knowledge and expertise between the University and society.