The Indiana University School of Library and Information Science is committed to excellence and innovation in the education of information professionals, the creation of new knowledge, and service to a diverse society in a dynamically changing global information environment.

To accomplish this mission, the school has adopted as its goals:

• To educate students for fulfilling careers, professional leadership, lifelong learning, social responsibility, and technological mastery
• To contribute new knowledge and advance science with a particular interest in user-centered approaches; social, behavioral, and technological perspectives; interdisciplinary collaboration; and the role of information in society
• To serve society, our state and local constituencies, and the library and information science profession
• To create a climate of intellectual engagement, openness, and respect within the school