As a research library, the Brown University Library’s core business is to connect learners and investigators to the documents, data, and tools they require for discovering, creating, and sharing knowledge. Library experts are the key partners who facilitate exploring, locating, and managing the information that users both seek and generate. As a teaching and research facility in which students, scholars, practitioners, and staff specialists collaborate in developing new forms of inquiry and new methods of investigation, the Library is and must be an active center of intellectual innovation in its own right.
The Library will grow as a center for research and learning in which Brown faculty and students collaborate with specialist library staff to advance knowledge. More intentional interoperation across Library departments will be required in order to enhance integration with academic programs. An initial operational goal is:
- Increase integration of Library expertise and services with curricular and research programs
