About the Adelphi University Libraries

Our Mission

The Adelphi University Libraries provide education, information resources, services, and spaces that advance teaching, learning, research, and creative activity. As an academic department of the University, the Adelphi University Libraries help the Adelphi University community create and shape new knowledge and participate in communities of learning, and lead research which informs our practice.

Our Vision

The Adelphi University Libraries is an innovative hub where knowledge is accessed, created, and shared, and where high-impact pedagogy is modelled and implemented in state-of-the-art classrooms. The sum of what we provide—education, information resources, learning and creative spaces–demonstrably contributes to student engagement, learning outcomes and retention, as well as student and faculty success. The Adelphi University Libraries are the place where the University’s unique and distinctive Archives and Special Collections are appropriately conserved and promoted to the campus community and beyond, enhancing the profile of the University, and sustainably contributing to Adelphi University advancement.

Our Values

The University Libraries value:

• service to our users
• a talented, diverse and empowered faculty and staff
• a workplace culture of trust, transparency, and mutual respect
• collegiality, cooperation, partnership, and collaboration
• creative virtual and physical spaces for knowledge discovery, and scholarly and creative production
• innovation in technology, pedagogy, and scholarship
• commitment to excellence and high performance
• assessment, evaluation and continuous improvement
• efficient and effective management of resources
• diversity, equity, and inclusion across all areas of our work and resources
• student success and seek to support it through excellent programs, collections and services

Strategic Plan 2020-2024

Academic libraries are in the midst of fundamental transformation. This change is due to a variety of factors—rapidly evolving student and faculty expectations for ready access to information resources and research support; the seismic shift from print to digital scholarly communication and publishing; the growing demand on campuses for readily accessible commons for collaborative learning, innovative teaching with technology, and creative/scholarly production; the increasing need to demonstrate value and accountability through thorough rigorous assessment. This Strategic Plan is intended to guide the Adelphi University Libraries in this period of dramatic change and to continue initiatives that evolved from the Libraries’ 2014-2017 Strategic Plan. Moreover, this plan is intended to ensure that the Libraries continue on a path of excellence and continued improvement aligned with Adelphi University’s enduring core values and strategic Strategic Initiatives, as articulated in Momentum: The Strategic Plan for Adelphi University, 2015–2021.