Mission, Vision & Goals

Mission:

The mission of HELIN is to continually develop and sustain cooperative initiatives to enhance library resources, systems and services for all member institutions.

Vision:

HELIN aspires to collaboratively lead innovation in library and information services for the enhancement of higher education and learning.

Goals:

• Make the user’s needs central to the delivery of library systems and services
• Collaborate as a regional and national leader in cooperative and consortia initiatives
• Create efficiencies and reduce redundancies in library systems and sevices
• Provide ongoing and regular professional development opportunities for library staff
• Make the HELIN organizational structure strategic to the needs of its members
• Strategically expand membership options
• Integrate systematic assessment into planning and evaluation

The mission, vision and goals serve as the “outcomes” against which the board designs and thus pursues all initiatives.