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