To provide a supportive and stimulating environment for students and staff.
To provide faculty and students with materials that enrich and support the curriculum and meet the needs of the students and faculty served.
To provide resources (as appropriate) to support and develop the literary appreciation, aesthetic values and ethical standards.
To provide students with a wide range of educational materials on all levels of difficulty and in a variety of formats, with diversity of appeal, allowing for the presentation of many different points of view.
To select materials that present various sides of controversial issues, giving students an opportunity to develop analytical skills resulting in informed decisions.
To select materials in all formats, including up-to-date, high quality, varied literature to develop and strengthen an interest in reading