History of the Library

焊工图书馆的使命是提供全面的资源和服务，以支持研究, teaching, and learning needs of the University of Mary community. To fulfill this mission, the Welder Library strives to:

• 了解用户的研究、教学和学习需求;
• 建立收集和创建工具，以支持研究，教学和学习;
• 提供查阅本地及外部资讯资源的途径，并促进发现及使用这些资源;
• 确保图书馆馆藏和资源的保存和长期可用;
• 为学习、教学和研究创造友好的物理和虚拟环境;
• 与大学其他成员合作，丰富研究和学习社区;
• 推进地方和国家图书馆和信息倡议;
• 发展、鼓励和维持员工的专业知识、技能、承诺和创新精神.

As a center of intellectual inquiry, 焊工图书馆与立博中文版共享提供一个充满活力的学习环境的愿望.

焊工图书馆确保其收藏保持前瞻性, diverse in breadth and form, open to browsing, and of impeccable quality. 获取图书馆信息对我们的用户来说是至关重要的，图书馆推广了创新的信息资源，为学生提供了一个轻松的获取系统, faculty, and staff. To serve future users, 图书馆保存所有格式的信息，并确保有效的存储和传递系统. 图书馆的物理和虚拟空间响应了用户不断变化的习惯，丰富了校园体验，并增加了人们追求查询的方式. 图书馆与不断扩大的合作伙伴的合作产生了统一的访问, broadening knowledge, and enhanced services.

The library continues to embrace change, support professional growth and opportunity, and reward flexibility and innovation

In all of our interactions, we are guided by these values:

Commitment

焊工图书馆完全致力于支持立博中文版为宗教服务的使命, academic, and cultural needs of the people in our region and beyond.

Knowledge

• We encourage the process of learning and the life of the mind.
• We celebrate truth-seeking through discourse and investigation.
• We anticipate and contribute to scholarly inquiry.
• 我们提倡图书馆既是真实的，又是虚拟的扩展教室.
• 我们接受自己作为知识记录的收集者和保管人的角色.

Service

• 我们提供一个支持创造力、灵活性和协作的环境.
• 我们相信图书馆的每个用户都是独特而重要的.
• 我们不断发展以满足图书馆及其用户不断变化的需求.
• We maintain a comfortable, welcoming, and secure place for study, research, work, reflection, and interaction.
• 我们维护有用和有价值的在线信息资源，以充分支持所有远程学习者的需求.

Quality

• We commit ourselves to excellence.
• 我们寻找最优秀的人才和资源来完成我们的工作.
• We support individual growth and organizational development.
• 我们努力工作，以超越我们所服务的人的期望.

Integrity

• We relate to each other with honesty and candor.
• 我们坚持公平、正义、平等的工作原则.
• We promote the highest standards of our profession, including open and equitable access to information.
• We demonstrate a strong work ethic, taking responsibility for our actions, keeping our word, and following through on our commitments.

Respect

• We treat everyone with equal consideration and courtesy.
• We encourage differences in perspective, opinions, and ideas.
• We consider the needs of others.
• We provide an environment that is inclusive and diverse.

Communication

• We engage in open and honest communication at all levels.
• We recognize the importance of library-wide participation.
• We reach out to all segments of our user communities.
• 我们分享信息，并就影响图书馆成功的决定征求意见.