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MTA Libraries Values & Guiding Principles

The Mount Allison Libraries and Archives' commitment to teaching, learning, research, and scholarship supports and advances the academic mission of the University. All library staff are engaged in providing services to users -- whether through direct interaction or behind-the-scenes activities -- and contribute to the Libraries and Archives' role in the pursuit, creation, dissemination and preservation of knowledge

Our activities are informed by the following values and guiding principles:

• a commitment to providing the highest level of service to all patrons;
• the advancement of knowledge;
• equitable access to information and knowledge;
• intellectual freedom, academic freedom, and the integrity of scholarly research;
• libraries are unique and special places;
• libraries and archives both contribute to, and are themselves a public good;
• the right to privacy;
• engaged and critical citizenship;
• a consideration of the social impacts of our actions;
• preservation and stewardship;
• connecting patrons with information and knowledge using the most effective services, tools, and systems possible;
• empowering individuals and communities through teaching and learning;
• fostering a work environment characterized by mutual respect, openness, cooperation, and professionalism.

14 April 2014 (ver. 1.0)