SKYLINE COLLEGE LIBRARY

Mission and Goals Statement

 

 

The library’s fundamental purpose is to support the learner-centered teaching mission of Skyline College and the San Mateo County Community College District.  The library’s mission is to directly contribute to the achievement of student learning outcomes at the course, program, and institutional levels. 

 

As a central part of the College learning community, the library provides students, faculty, and staff with resources, services, courses and facilities that support the College’s mission and values.  Specifically, the library:
           

  • supports the College’s core value of academic excellence by

 

            * providing users with instruction in accessing, retrieving, and evaluating information

               resources in all formats  (i.e. information competency);

            * providing varied, authoritative, and up-to-date resources – in both print and electronic
               formats -- suitable to a lower division college level, in all major fields of knowledge,
               including materials in occupational education and training;

            * providing a variety of materials, programs, exhibitions and activities;

  • supports the College’s core value of lifelong learning, by  providing information on current matters of public interest and controversy and by supporting and encouraging independent learning and intellectual growth;
               
  • supports the College’s core value of appreciation for diversity, by covering topics and issues relevant to the diverse racial, ethnic, cultural, social, and economic background of the College community;                       

 

  • supports the College’s core value of open access, by providing equal and unhindered access (including remote access) to print and electronic information resources for students with a wide range of physical and cognitive abilities and learning styles;

 

  • supports the College’s core value of community connection, by serving as a library open to the general public, and promoting social awareness and responsibility;

  • supports the College’s core value of shared governance, by advocating and facilitating faculty and staff participation in establishing and enhancing the library’s collections and services.


Skyline College Library is committed to developing joint policies, procedures, and other coordinated activities that will better serve users of the three libraries of the San Mateo Community College District.   

           


October 2006