UO Libraries Core values
CORE VALUES (aka Guiding Principles):
We value knowledge.
- We hold important our role as a partner in a wider information community through which we create, collect, preserve, and enable access to resources for teaching and scholarship. We enhance our local resources through library consortia and networks.
We value the diverse communities we serve.
- We support the user’s exploration of all points of view and the right to privacy. We provide our users with responsive services in an environment of teaching, research and lifelong learning.
We value collegiality and collaboration.
- We hear many voices before making decisions, and we encourage creativity and innovation in our pursuit of excellence.
added winter 2005:
We value leadership.
- We aspire to provide innovative leadership on campus and throughout the library community.
We value efficacy and productivity.
- We strive to make the most of all the resources at our disposal.
We value knowledge.
- We hold important our role as a partner in a wider information community through which we create, collect, preserve, and enable access to resources for teaching and scholarship. We enhance our local resources through library consortia and networks.
We value the diverse communities we serve.
- We support the user’s exploration of all points of view and the right to privacy. We provide our users with responsive services in an environment of teaching, research and lifelong learning.
We value collegiality and collaboration.
- We hear many voices before making decisions, and we encourage creativity and innovation in our pursuit of excellence.
added winter 2005:
We value leadership.
- We aspire to provide innovative leadership on campus and throughout the library community.
We value efficacy and productivity.
- We strive to make the most of all the resources at our disposal.