Mission

The Mission of the School (2005)

The Indiana University School of Library and Information Science is committed to fostering excellence and innovation in the education of information professionals, the creation of new knowledge, and service to a diverse society in a dynamically changing global information environment.

To this end, it has adopted these statements to further define the mission:

To educate students, through library and information science courses, mentoring and field experiences, for fulfilling careers; professional leadership; lifelong learning; social responsibility; and technological mastery.

To contribute new knowledge and advance science through library and information science research, with a particular interest in user-centered approaches; social, behavioral, and technological perspectives; interdisciplinary collaboration; and the role of information in society.

To serve, in keeping with our responsibilities as professionals, our state and local constituencies; the library and information science profession; and society, by promoting universal information access.

To create a climate within the School that fosters intellectual engagement, openness and exploration, respect, support, and diversity.

To meet the challenge of a complex, changing and interconnected world through ongoing dialogue, scholarly communication, civic engagement, and self assessment.