LLAMA Career Institute
Twenty Library Values
- Access
- All information resources that are provided directly or indirectly by the library, regardless of technology, format, or methods of delivery, should be readily, equally, and equitably accessible to all library users.
- Collaboration and Partnering
- We meet and encourage collaboration, communication, and partnerships within the information industry and the business community.
- Confidentiality/Privacy
- Protecting user privacy, digital and personal, and confidentiality is necessary for intellectual freedom and fundamental to the ethics and practice of librarianship.
- Curation
- We strive to provide professionally selected quality resources that help our patrons satisfy their own information needs at a time and style of their choosing.
- Democracy
- A democracy presupposes an informed citizenry. The First Amendment mandates the right of all persons to free expression, and the corollary right to receive the constitutionally protected expression of others. The publicly supported library provides free and equal access to information for all people of the community the library serves.
- Diversity
- We value our nation's diversity and strive to reflect that diversity by providing a full spectrum of resources and services to all of the communities we serve.
- Education
- We promote the creation, maintenance, and enhancement of a learning society, encouraging its members to work with educators, government officials, and organizations in coalitions to initiate and support comprehensive efforts to ensure that school, public, academic, and special libraries in every community cooperate to provide lifelong learning services to all.
- Intellectual Freedom
- We uphold the principles of intellectual freedom for children and adults, and resist all efforts to censor or restrict access to library resources.
- Inclusion
- We take steps to ensure that frequently-marginalized groups with in our communities are made to feel welcome. We endeavor to remove or reduce barriers to their participation in our events and their interactions with our facilities.
- Innovation
- We pursue innovation and solve complex research problems for our users by mobilizing the analytical and creative talents of our organization.
- Leadership
- We believe in strengthening our roles as information leaders in our organizations and in our communities, including shaping information policy. We aim for a seat at the table in policy discussions concerning libraries and library related topics.
- Lifelong Learning
- Our programs, services and resources are for people at every stage of life. We encourage an environment where people can learn and share what they have learned in a spirit of mutual discovery.
- Outreach
- We believe in expanding our reach beyond our buildings to make the library a geniune option for everyone in our service area or population.
- Preservation
- We support the preservation of information published in all media and formats; the preservation of information resources is central to libraries and librarianship.
- Professionalism
- It is of vital importance that there be professional education available to meet the social needs and goals of library services. We support the provision of library services by professionally qualified personnel who have been educated in graduate programs within institutions of higher education.
- Public Good
- Libraries are an essential public good and are fundamental institutions in democratic societies. They are a necessity for communities large and small.
- Service
- We provide the highest level of service to all library users. We strive for excellence in the profession by maintaining and enhancing our own knowledge and skills, by encouraging the professional development of co-workers, and by fostering the aspirations of potential members of the profession.
- Social Responsibility
- Librarianship has broad social responsibilities. Librarianship can make contributions in ameliorating or solving the critical problems of society by supporting efforts to help inform and educate the people of the United States on these problems and encouraging them to examine the facts and the many views regarding each problem.
- Teamwork
- Within our institution as well as with our patrons and funders, we aim for a collaborative environment where everyone feels like a valued member of the library community working towards a set of common shared goals.
- Transparency
- We engage in open and honest communication at all levels. We recognize the importance of Library-wide participation. We share information and solicit opinions about decisions that affect the success of the library.