The Mission and Vision Statements of the Internet Public Library

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Mission Statement of the Internet Public Library:

The Internet Public Library is a global information community that provides in-service learning and volunteer opportunities for library and information science students and professionals, offers a collaborative research forum, and supports and enhances library services through the provision of authoritative collections, information assistance, and information instruction for the public.

Vision Statement of the Internet Public Library:

The Internet Public Library will shape and direct the evolving role of libraries in an increasingly digital world while working to become a virtual learning laboratory for the study of information services and technology.

The IPL staff, faculty, and volunteers will strive to meet these goals by:

1. creating and supporting new learning experiences for students and volunteers,
2. serving as a research forum and as a technological test-bed,
3. serving the public by finding, evaluating, selecting, organizing, describing, and creating high quality information resources, and
4. connecting members of the public to high quality information resources through the IPL question answering service.

Adopted May 19, 2008