Vision

The Saint Mary's University Library is the resource center of the University envisioned to nourish the quest for learning, the pursuit of intellectual growth, the concern for cultural heritage and the need for information of its faculty and staff, students and other clientele.

Mission

The Saint Mary's University is committed to:

1.  be a nurturing knowledge-based educational, cultural and informatio resource center;

2.  provide sufficient, appropriate and cost-effective print, non-print resources, and information technology media that support and advance the various academic programs of the university;

3.  help the students, faculty and personnel become competent, creative and community-supportive Christians through sympathetic and effective library services.

Objectives

1. General:

The primary objectives of the University Library is to support and advance the different academic programs of the university as a whole, the research and instructional needs of the faculty, the reading and learning needs of the students, and the community extension service programs of the university.

2. Specific

To attain its primary objectives, the university library has the following specific objectives:

• Selection and acquisition of books, periodicals, pamphlets, maps, CD resources and other non-book materials which serve as tools of instruction, research and learning in the different subject areas covered by the various academic programs of the university.
• Preparation, organization, and care of these materials through such processes as accessioning, cataloging, classification, indexing, mechanical preparation and other related activities to systematize and facilitate storage and retrieval of these materials by the library clientele.
• Assistance to the readers in the use of these materials through such services as circulation and reference services.
• Development on the part of the library users, the habit of independent skillful and intelligent use of the library through giving a program of library orientation in cooperation with the faculty members, and to encourage the habit of reading much and reading well.

• Provision of information to support the community extension services of the university through the acquisition, preparation, and organization of library materials in line with the university’s community extension services; and to plan a participative activity in the extension services of the university.