Strategic Design 2023-28

The UO Libraries’ Strategic Design: A Five-Year Foundation for the Future (2023–28) gives us the opportunity to benchmark against peer libraries and to work collaboratively to achieve goals in ways that are sustainable and reflect our size and budget. Built on the engagement of hundreds of employees, students, faculty, Library Luminaries, alumni, and university leaders, this plan reflects our unwavering commitment to a shared vision for the future.

With our robust five-year strategic plan in place—one that is specific enough to serve as guidance but flexible enough to allow for agility based on the professional judgment of our domain experts—we'll focus on how to advance and iterate this set of strategies.

Our strategy is designed to be a living, active guide to collaboration and prioritization and is revised annually.

Mission, Vision, Values, and Goals

Exterior of the Knight Library in spring.

 

Mission

Informing research and learning breakthroughs for Oregon.

Vision

We will be a model for the enduring, positive impact that research libraries can have on their academic and civic communities.

Values

  • We take a user-centered approach in everything we do.
  • We foster diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion; confront institutional bias; and facilitate equitable access for everyone.
  • We seek to create meaningful experiences for our university and civic communities.
  • We effectively communicate internally and externally, setting clear expectations and practicing transparency.
  • We sustain active and engaged partnerships to support the work of student success, employee fulfillment, and civic engagement.
  • We advance systems that support broad participation in knowledge creation, including Open Access initiatives.
  • We accelerate UO-wide initiatives and support the university at every level.
  • We prioritize ongoing assessment, continuous improvement, and iteration.

 

Interior of Price Science Commons Library

 

I am so excited to continue working with library personnel, Library Luminaries, UO faculty and students, and community members to make the UO Libraries a model for the enduring impact that research libraries have on their academic and civic communities.
Alicia Salaz, Vice Provost and University Librarian

Goals

Foster academic excellence and student success
We will optimize assets (space, collections, and expertise) around providing an excellent education that prepares every student for work and the world beyond.

Accelerate university research
We will enable information discovery, access, and use that drives high-impact research at the undergraduate, graduate and faculty levels, emphasizing areas of distinction for the UO.

Be a workplace where every employee can fulfill their potential to connect with and contribute to our shared purpose
We will drive alignment and attract talent by fostering growth, resilience, trust, purpose, and well-being at work, and supporting each employee to achieve things they wouldn't be able to on their own.

Be a technology-smart organization: leverage technology to improve human experience
We will leverage technology to provide best-in-class services, make education more affordable for students, make work easier and better, and free up employee time to devote to irreplaceable human and relational work: teaching, caring, learning, coaching, and applying judgment.