The strategy and values of UT Capitole’s university libraries
Our values
The work of the university libraries is guided by a set of fundamental principles:
- To ensure access to knowledge and culture.
- To support and encourage the acquisition of knowledge, the scientific method, curiosity and the development of enlightened minds.
- To position the library not only as a place of study but also as a vibrant part of university life that is widely open and accessible.
- To uphold the principles of public service and the public interest.
- To continuously improve services and adapt them to the environment and users’ needs.
Our strategic priorities
Contributing to students’ success
- By offering diverse collections tailored to teaching needs and which showcase digital resources.
- By providing high-quality study spaces, with libraries open as widely as possible, all offering the same level of comfort, facilities and available seating.
- By developing information literacy training for Master’s students, incorporating a skills-based approach and encouraging students to use AI critically and judiciously.
- By developing information support services: tutoring and information consultations.
To facilitate and support research activities
- By offering specialised collections tailored to researchers’ needs and facilitating access to resources, through the development of digital resources and the roll-out of tools to access them.
- By supporting researchers’ publishing activities and open science.
- By developing services for the management and utilisation of research data.
- By expanding the range of training programmes and support services for PhD students.
To contribute to the university’s development and reputation
- By reinforcing the role of libraries and information resources within the university’s internationalisation strategy.
- By supporting the development of interdisciplinarity, drawing in particular on the site’s information strategy.
- By contributing to the university’s collective momentum.
- By enhancing the university’s profile through the promotion of its information heritage and the libraries’ activities beyond the university’s walls.
Our commitments
As part of the Public Services+ programme, the university’s libraries are committed to being:
- + accessible,
- + straightforward,
- + efficient.
In 2010, the libraries were awarded the NoctamBU+ accreditation, which is granted to libraries that are open for at least 63 hours a week and 245 days a year.