Gangwish Library Vision

The vision of the Gangwish Library is to provide an environment, services and resources that support the educational goals and purposes of Ottawa University. To support its mission the Library and its staff are committed to the following purposes:

• Promote student success by assessing and aligning library and learning outcomes across multiple disciplines, and promoting library services and resources for enhanced student engagement.

• Ensuring that resources are responsive to curricular and academic program needs by collaborating across various University departments, and gathering feedback from library users. 

• Providing materials and resources representative of a diversity of cultural, ethical, philosophical, educational, and religious perspectives.

• Providing reference, technology, and information support that meets the needs and enhances the education of students, staff, and faculty.

• Participating in the larger resource sharing community to provide access to materials not immediately available university-wide.

• Providing Information Literacy Instruction, Library Instruction and training about the ethical use of library resources and intellectual property/copyright.

• Improving student access to educational and recreational technology and open education resources.