United States International University Africa Library

United States International University Africa Library

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Welcome to the USIU-A Library.

Our library strives to provide the highest quality services and resources to the University community. The Library recognizes the importance of consulting its members, assessing the use of key resources and services, and providing decision makers with data for planning and resource allocation. The success of the library will be contingent on continuing to align library goals with the goals of the University as a whole. USIU-A’s reputation as a top-rated university continues to grow. Similarly, the library continues to distinguish itself as a leader in transforming, preserving, and making accessible enviable information resources. We also endeavor to translate the changing and diverse research needs of our University into innovative and effective services and information experiences.
I invite you who share our passion for lifelong learning to join the library in achieving its mission, to enable the exploration and collaboration of scholars in their intellectual engagement with the world of ideas and in the creation of knowledge. Your contribution is essential in helping us reinvent a library for the future.
University Librarian

Vision

To provide leadership in innovative, user-centered and dynamic library services for academic excellence with a global perspective.

Mission

Operating within a multicultural and rapidly developing environment, the library and its staff are committed to being active and creative partners in the teaching, research and other knowledge application activities of the university through service to the community by selecting, organizing, presenting and preserving information resources for present and future scholarly communities.
Library Objectives 
To fulfill this mission, the Library commits to:

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1. Create hospitable physical and virtual environments for study, teaching, and research;
2. Build collections and create tools to support research, teaching, and learning;
3. Disseminate knowledge and information through Current Awareness Services, Reference and Information Services and Liaison Services;
4. Provide materials not only in the areas of immediate concern, but also in the areas of growing importance;
5. Provide full bibliographic information of materials held by the library;
6. Promote the innovative adoption of emerging learning technologies
7. Ensure the digitization, preservation and long-lasting availability of Library collections and resources;
8. Advance local, national, and international library and information initiatives;
9. Develop, encourage, and sustain expertise, skill, commitment and an innovative spirit in its staff.