WHAT ARE OUR CORE BUSINESSES?

What “big picture” activities – or clusters of work – does the library do to advance the University’s student learning, faculty teaching and research missions?  What matters to the campus?

• Facilitate access to information – “get stuff”
• Enable pursuit of curiosity, and discovery and creation of new knowledge
• Instruction (education) -- how to find, evaluate and use information
• Consultation and expertise to support advanced scholarship
• Memory organization of NU - unique role on campus
• Support Northwestern’s contribution to the cultural heritage community
• Provide space - tailored to an array of user needs
• Provide 24/7 digital platform - seamless, self-service, resource rich
• Build and maintain systems and mechanisms to navigate the information landscape
• Public relations, marketing, outreach
• Work with donors
• Promote NUL and NU brand outside of immediate area (extending even internationally)
• Conduct our own research and scholarship
• Provide a safe, secure and well-maintained environment
• Serve as meaningful symbol/core of the University
• Partner with other institutions