Mission, Vision, and Priorities

Mission Statement

The Rutgers University Libraries support and enrich the instructional, research, and public service missions of the University through the stewardship of scholarly information and the delivery of information services.

Vision Statement

The Libraries aspire to provide outstanding information resources and services that advance research and learning, support the University's goal to be among the top public AAU institutions in the country, and serve as an essential information resource for the state and beyond.

Guiding Principles

• Rutgers University Libraries: Our Values and Principles [PDF]

Annual Planning

• About Rutgers University Libraries Annual Planning

Collections Budget for Fiscal Year 2021

• Rutgers University Libraries: Reducing Collections Budget for Fiscal Year 2021

Priorities

• 2019-2021
  • Rutgers University Libraries Priorities, 2019-2021
• 2018-2020
  • Rutgers University Libraries Priorities, 2018-2020 [plain text, PDF]
• 2017-2019
  • Rutgers University Libraries Priorities, 2017-2019 [PDF]
  • Rutgers University Libraries Priorities, 2017-2019 [plain text, PDF]
• 2016-2018
  • Rutgers University Libraries Priorities, 2016-2018 [PDF, presented at State of the Libraries, December 2016]
  • Rutgers University Libraries Priorities with activities, 2016-2018  [PDF, presented at State of the Libraries, December 2016]
• 2015-2017
  • Rutgers University Libraries Priorities, 2015-2017 [PDF, presented at State of the Libraries, November 2015]

Rutgers University–Newark

• A Framework for Change: Visions and Goals for the John Cotton Dana Library [PDF]

Rutgers University–New Brunswick

• Strategic Plan 2020–2023 [PDF]