2024-28 Strategic Plan

Librarian consulting with graduate student in group setting
Additional plan details coming soon:

We are currently finalizing our complete framework of goals, strategies, objectives, and actions. Additional details will be integrated as soon as they are solidified.

Goal 1 / Student Success

Forge partnerships and experiences that equip students as engaged, critical thinkers who thrive in the classroom and beyond.

Continue to refine innovative physical library spaces that advance student success.

Transform and expand library instruction in support of student success.

Enrich and elevate student research and learning experiences.
Contribute significantly to the financial accessibility of a KU education.

Goal 2 / Healthy & Vibrant Communities

Elevate our communities by fostering individual wellbeing, sparking interpersonal connections, and advancing society.

Nurture a library team and communities of belonging that center wellbeing – welcoming and benefiting from a plurality of perspectives.

Strengthen connection and growth through increased community engagement.
Foster community wellbeing via creative expression, low-barrier innovative exploration, and leisure reading.
Model, promote, and build sustainable communities.
Develop innovative, inspirational, aspirational physical spaces that bring the community together in a spirit of learning.
Increase library team opportunities for talent development and the advancement of library initiatives.

Goal 3 / Research & Discovery

Amplify researcher impact through expertise, community, and diverse resources that propel knowledge creation and sharing.

Expand the open discoverability, preservation, and impact of KU's information resources, distinctive holdings, and scholarship.
Enhance and upgrade the libraries’ internal and external information architecture.      
Expand capabilities in strategic new areas to enrich, advance, and showcase researcher impact.
Broaden KU Libraries’ global connections and impact. Increase our efficacy, leadership, and academic library reputation through shared approaches to information resources and disciplinary challenges.
Apply new methods to assess, strengthen, and streamline library decision-making, workflows, and processes.
KU Libraries Mission & Vision