Everett I.L. Baker Library: NCC Library Policies: Mission and Values

Mission and values

The Everett I. L. Baker Library mission statement

The Everett I. L. Baker Library serves the students, faculty, and staff of Norwalk Community College, as well as the community at large, as a gateway to information for knowledge seekers. In our support of the college’s mission and academic curricula, the library strives to provide a broad range of services in a welcoming environment for our diverse population of users. Additionally, the library is dedicated to achieving the educational objectives of the college by promoting innovative technologies and extending instructional venues that encourage the ability to identify, access, evaluate, and present information relevant to the topic being studied. [Adopted Spring 2009]

CSCU Library Consortium mission statement and strategic framework

CSCU Library Consortium mission statement and strategic framework
The CSCU Library Consortium includes the libraries of Connecticut’s twelve community colleges, four state universities, Charter Oak State College, and the Connecticut State Library.

Library Bill of Rights

Library Bill of Rights
The American Library Association affirms that all libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that these basic policies should guide their services.

Code of Ethics of the American Library Association

Code of Ethics of the American Library Association
The Code of Ethics is the document that translates the values of intellectual freedom that define the profession of librarianship into broad principles that may be used by individual members of that profession as well as by others employed in a library as a framework for dealing with situations involving ethical conflicts.