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About the Library
Purpose Statement
The Library is an integral unit of the Medical College of Georgia, the University System of Georgia's health sciences university. Priority customers are the students, faculty and staff of the Medical College of Georgia. Other customers include students, faculty and staff of the University System of Georgia, as well as Georgia's health professionals, patients and their families and general citizens.
The purpose of the Library is to support the institution's overall mission of providing outstanding education programs, leading edge research and scholarship, and excellence in health care by:
- providing convenient access and linkage to worldwide scholarly information in the health sciences
- promoting and contributing to emerging trends in scholarly communication and clinical information systems
- advocating for open access to and fair use of information and intellectual property
- promoting continuing education and lifelong learning
The Library will work to fulfill its purpose through:
- commitment to a customer-centered library environment and assessment of user needs
- acquisition, organization, management and preservation of collections and information
- resources appropriate to the institutional needs
- education of users in information retrieval and management
- provision of value-added products and programs
- partnerships with all academic and clinical units on campus
- collaboration in a variety of cooperative networks in the state, region and nation for resource sharing
- support of remote users, distance learners, outreach and continuing education
- anticipation and response to a rapidly changing information environment
