The Indiana University School of Library and Information Science is committed to fostering excellence and innovation in the education of information professionals, the creation of new knowledge, and service to a diverse society in a dynamically changing global information environment.
To this end, it has adopted these statements to further define the mission:
To educate students, through library and information science courses, mentoring and field experiences, for fulfilling careers; professional leadership; lifelong learning; social responsibility; and technological mastery.
To contribute new knowledge and advance science through library and information science research, with a particular interest in user-centered approaches; social, behavioral, and technological perspectives; interdisciplinary collaboration; and the role of information in society.
To serve, in keeping with our responsibilities as professionals, our state and local constituencies; the library and information science profession; and society, by promoting universal information access.
To create a climate within the School that fosters intellectual engagement, openness and exploration, respect, support, and diversity.
To meet the challenge of a complex, changing and interconnected world through ongoing dialogue, scholarly communication, civic engagement, and self assessment.
