5 OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES AND PRESS
4. We will leverage the tremendous potential that already exists among our
staff and faculty while investing in their ongoing professional development. A
heightened focus on staff will increase our organizational capacity forcreativity,
collaboration, adaptability and productivity, as well as enhance efforts to meet
emerging needs.
Our core mission frames every aspect of the plan: To cultivate superior scholarship
and creativity, empower discovery, and preserve and disseminate knowledge. With
this plan, we acknowledge a future that will redefine academic libraries and university
presses, as well as higher education. As those new definitions evolve, we are inspired
to build on our outstanding record of success. We are emboldened to establish
ourselves as a front-runner among research libraries and university presses.
