CCBC Catonsville Library & Media Services

MISSION

The Library supports CCBC’s transition from the teaching to the learning paradigm, which highlights the critical importance of libraries in the learning process. The Library develops, organizes, and preserves collections for optimal use and provides links to information resources. As a gateway to information and knowledge, it supports students of various learning styles. (See our Learning College page.)

VISION

The CCBC Catonsville Library is the center of the integrated information resources, technology and services necessary to foster a premier learning centered community.

GOALS

1. Educate users to be productive and active citizens able to locate information and use it effectively in all aspects of their lives.

2. Provide programs and services planned, in consultation with our campus community, to be responsive to the individualized needs of our diverse population and to be the best possible, given available resources.

3. Provide a well-organized collection of books, periodicals, audiovisual and electronic media which meets the instructional needs of students, faculty and staff in order to support the courses, programs and degrees offered.

4. Develop, utilize and maintain information technology systems to enhance access to the dissemination of information and serve as the campus gateway to global information resources.

5. Reinforce an awareness of the integral role of libraries in education, by collaborating with faculty and staff in the use of informational resources and new technologies.

6. Complement and augment the resources found across the college and cooperate with other institutions to share resources and enhance access to information.

7. Provide and maintain physical facilities, which are adequate to house the collection and provide space for users to be able to fully use the services and materials within the library.

8. Offer students, faculty and staff an environment that promotes inquiry, research and intellectual growth.