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Northern Illinois University Libraries

Northern Illinois University
815-753-1995

The primary responsibility of the University Libraries is to develop and maintain a research library that provides access to scholarly information and literature in support of undergraduate study, group study, professional education, and research. We are committed to a consultative approach in everything we undertake. The areas of activity are:

A) Provide a well-planned collection of print, digital, and other formats of sufficient size and scope to support the University’s research and instructional needs;

B) Offer services that promote and facilitate use of recorded information.

C) Regularly access programs, collections, and services to meet user satisfaction.

D) Maintain records of the libraries collections that are complete, consistent, and in conformity with national bibliographic standards and requirements.

E) Assure maximum access to the libraries collections for all clientele.

F) Take an active role in university planning and sharing governance

G) Lead the resources and services.

H) Contribute to professional knowledge.

I) Engage in library development activities.

The university libraries are committed to foresting an educational and cultural environment that I responsive to the increasingly society diverse population. Its collections and services seek to embrace diverse intellectual traditions of a multicultural society, which are based on the principle that the advancement of knowledge and the attainment of intellectual excellence is a direct result of diverse experiences and views shared freely.

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