Library Mission, Goals and Objectives

This information will have a more permanent home on the Carroll homepage, and is still a document under development.

Library Mission
The mission of the Learning Resources unit of B.H. Carroll Theological Institute, the B.H. Carroll Theological Institute Library (hereafter Carroll Library) is to fully support the Institute by: providing for the informational and research needs of its students, faculty and mission partners in the development and strengthening of ministerial and academic excellence, for the present and next generation of scholars.

Library Goal
The overarching goal of the Carroll Library is to fulfill its mission by becoming both the model and the leader in information and service provision in 21st century theological education. Carroll Library intends to proactively anticipate needs for information access in a rapidly changing environment, while preserving the Institute’s intent to make quality education affordable, accessable, and achievable for the present and next generation of scholars.

Library Objectives
The strategies (to borrow DukeUniversity’s phrase for its “strategic goals”) of the Carroll Library to achieve this goal are six- fold. There are: 1. Determine current practices among theological school libraries and other peer institutions. 2. Identify gaps in Carroll’s reach and aim in resource and service provision. 3. Determine necessary objective measures to close these identified gaps. 4. Prioritize initial targets for improvement and expansion of Carroll’s resources. 5. Implement changes to Carroll’s resources and take objective steps to measure success in implementation. 6. Monitor and recalibrate resource implementation for continuous growth and development.