The University of Texas at Tyler Libraries supports the University’s goals of excellence in teaching, research, and public service. As an essential academic unit, the Libraries will serve as a center of discovery, exchange, and advancement of ideas.

The Libraries will:

• Create lifelong learning opportunities for students, faculty and staff through an expansion of the libraries’ role in academic and campus activities.
• Develop and maintain a thoughtfully chosen and well-organized array of resources that supports the curriculum and stimulates intellectual curiosity, while anticipating and responding to the changing educational environment.
• Enhance student learning through the integration of information literacy across the curriculum.
• Provide an environment that promotes research, reflection, and collaboration.
• Promote high operational, service and ethical standards by ongoing evaluation of resources and services.