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Executive Brief

Vice-Provost & University Librarian
Queen’s University

September 2020
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Queen’s University Library

Queen’s University Library is known for its dedicated staff, strong research collections, and superb facilities, and consistently receives top rankings in its class. The Library consists of four-library wide divisions, five faculty liaison units, and University Archives & Special Collections. Queen's University Library is responsible for the digital library and physical service points across campus, supporting Queen’s in its vision of being the Canadian research-intensive university with a transformative student learning experience.

A staff of approximately 110 provides information leadership, working closely with Queen’s faculties of Arts and Science, Business, Education, Engineering and Applied Science, Health Sciences, and Law. The Library’s research collections, developed since the University’s founding in 1841, are a central university priority and include millions of print and digital items supported by a strong technology infrastructure and a focus on scholarly communications. Library facilities are heavily used campus hubs with a mix of inviting, accessible learning spaces, services, technology, and collections. Library facilities are also accessible to broader members of the Kingston community and provide an important service for local community engagement.

Queen’s University Library is an active member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL). Please visit QUL’s website for further information at: https://library.queensu.ca/home.

Vision

Queen’s University Library inspires learning, sparks creativity, and builds community. Entering our libraries – virtual and physical – our students and faculty feel the world at their fingertips, the knowledge of the ages, and the potential of the future. This community of learning and research, this library, is the keystone of our research-intensive learning academy where people engage deeply with each other to ask critical questions and build new ideas.

Librarians, archivists and staff work closely with students and faculty in every discipline and in the spaces where they intersect. Our best innovations happen through collaboration – across the library, with our faculties and schools and through our regional, national, and international partnerships. Together, we are entrusted with ensuring that all information is available to all people, for all time.

Mission

The Library stimulates excellence in research and scholarship through its collections, people, partnerships and services, and its physical and virtual environments. The Library is a strategic asset to the University, contributing to the exploration and sharing of knowledge and the development of lifelong inquiry skills for the betterment of a global society.

Values

  • Information access, stewardship and preservation, on a global scale for local needs

  • Collaboration and partnerships across the university, region, nation, and world

  • Service that is people-centred, high quality, discipline-focused, and inclusive

  • Learning, inquiry, experimentation, innovation, knowledge, and continual assessment

  • Community, welcoming space, inclusivity, and engagement

  • Communication, consultation, and sharing of expertise

  • Wellness, kindness, safety, and respect

 

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