General Library Mission Statement

The General Library of the University of California, Davis, is a major educational and scholarly resource, operating as an integral part of the University while recognizing obligations to a wider public, particularly the people of California. In this context, its mission is to collect, preserve and provide access to books, journals, manuscripts, documents, and other records of knowledge held in an ever expanding range of print and digital media in support of University research, instruction, patient care, and community outreach. The unit priorities which enable this mission are:

Maintain the strength of library collections,
Provide effective access to scholarly resources in and through library facilities,
Continually improve and monitor efficiency and scale of resource sharing,
Provide state-of-the-art systems which make interaction with the library easy and convenient, and
Maintain and enhance an effective user assistance program.