UCI Libraries Strategic Plan

At our core, UCI Libraries strive to foster connections between people and information and enhance the intellectual life of the UC Irvine community. In 2023, UCI published a refresh of its campus-wide four-pillar strategic plan, outlining areas of focus for the next five years. Similarly, the 2024 refresh of the UCI Libraries’ Strategic Plan outlines the initiatives and commitments in place to align with UCI’s 2023–2028 priorities and fulfill the Libraries’ current strategic goals.

Since 2016, the Libraries have weathered the COVID-19 crisis, transitioned to a hybrid workforce and service model, and renewed and enhanced our commitment to anti-racism, equity, and inclusion. We have continued to advance our role in digital scholarship, student learning, UCI’s healthcare enterprise, and information access. While much has changed, we remain committed to the success of UCI’s faculty, students, staff, and community.

Download the complete UCI Libraries 2024–2029 Strategic Plan.

Mission & Vision

UCI Libraries empower students, faculty, researchers, and staff to discover, learn, create, and share knowledge by providing open and robust collections, welcoming spaces, and trusted services. We collaborate with our communities in the stewardship and innovation of information to support the highest-quality teaching, learning, research, and patient care.

We advance justice and belonging by prioritizing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in all that we do.

Values

UCI Libraries are committed to the values of empathy, innovation, and accountability in support of a more sustainable, just, and equitable future for UCI’s diverse students, faculty, community, and employees. We are committed to providing the UCI community with spaces and services where growth, creativity, flexibility, and adaptability are supported and encouraged.

Pillars

The Libraries’ Strategic Plan is closely aligned with the four pillars of UC Irvine’s Strategic Plan: Bright Past. Brilliant Future.