HKUST Library Services

HKUST Library Vision, Mission and Goals

Vision

To provide an effective and cutting-edge Learning Hub and Scholarly Gateway to support the University's mission.

Mission

To help prepare HKUST students to be successful global citizens and life-long learners
To enhance intellectual discovery, scholarship and exchange of knowledge
To meet the information and whole-person development needs of the HKUST community

Strategic Goals: 2012 - 2014

The Strategic Goals for 2012-2014 is the collaborative output of the Library Staff Retreat held in July 2012. It provides a framework of directions in which many new initiatives with action plans and timelines have been developed. In alignment with the strategic priorities of the University, this plan will guide Library staff on the development and implementation of projects and programs; and in delivering responsive and high-quality services in support of learning, teaching and research at HKUST.

Strategic Goal 1:

Enhance collection resources and strengths to support the academic and research priorities of the University and 334 curricular changes

Strategic Goal 2:

Increase instructional efforts to help students build information literacy competency and learning capacity

Strategic Goal 3:

Enrich research support services, in particular the RAE 2014; and promote awareness of scholarly communications

Strategic Goal 4:

Develop and adopt more effective information access, retrieval and discovery systems

Strategic Goal 5:

Advance and manage the Information Commons and Learning Commons that centralize learning and foster collaboration

Strategic Goal 6:

Improve and maintain an inspiring physical place for study, research, enrichment, and collaboration

Strategic Goal 7:

Encourage the use and circulation of collection and expand document delivery services to cover more types of materials and benefit more users

Strategic Goal 8:

Implement the new unified cataloging standard, Resource Description and Access (RDA), to meet international trend and standard

Strategic Goal 9:

Strengthen user communications on library resources and services through outreach, surveys, patron engagement and general education activities

Strategic Goal 10:

Partner strategically with stakeholders and collaborate with academic libraries in achieving scholarship and attaining learning outcomes

Strategic Goal 11:

Equip staff with appropriate expertise and skills to deliver services; encourage staff development and further promote team effectiveness