Draft of Mission Statement

Most current version:

The library's instruction mission is to enhance learning and integrate information competency into the curriculum. Library staff partner with faculty and other instructors to help all members of the academic community to find their way into collections, and to master research techniques and methods*. In a rapidly changing information and education environment, we teach them the skills needed to  find, read, evaluate, and use complex resources from the Cornell University Library and beyond, in a confident, efficient, and ethical fashion.*  

The library's instruction mission is to enhance learning and integrate information competency into the curriculum. Library staff partner with faculty and other collaborators to empower students and other members of the community to become researchers and knowledge producers-. We teach them the skills needed to confidently and efficiently find, evaluate and ethically use complex information sources from the Cornell University Library and beyond in a rapidly changing information environment.-