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Doherty Library Mission, Vision, and Institutional Alignment
The Doherty Library’s mission and vision reflect its commitment to supporting the educational, research, and service goals of the University of St. Thomas. Together with the University’s mission, these statements provide the foundation for the library’s strategic priorities, resource stewardship, instructional services, and dedication to fostering academic excellence and lifelong learning within the university community.
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Supporting Teaching, Learning, and Research
Our Mission
The University has the strongest commitment to the religious, moral, and intellectual formation of the whole person. To support this commitment, the mission of the Doherty Library is to acquire, make readily available, and promote the use of print and electronic information resources in accordance with the diverse academic needs of the University. The library also supports teaching and research activities by providing instruction in finding, evaluating, and using scholarly resources. In all of its activities, the library will support the core values of the University: goodness, discipline, knowledge and community.
Fostering Intellectual Growth
Our Vision
The Doherty Library has the strongest commitment to cultivate the life of the mind and imparting knowledge to students that will instill a love for truth and promote intellectual discipline.
University of St. Thomas Mission
Institutional Mission
We are the University of St. Thomas, the Catholic university in the heart of Houston. We are committed to the Catholic intellectual tradition and the dialogue between faith and reason. By pursuing excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service, we embody and instill in our students the core values of our founders, the Basilian Fathers: goodness, discipline and knowledge. We foster engagement in a diverse, collaborative community.
The University of St. Thomas is a comprehensive university, grounded in the liberal arts. Committed to the unity of all knowledge, we offer programs in the traditional liberal arts, professional, and skill-based disciplines. Graduates of the University of St. Thomas think critically, communicate effectively, succeed professionally, and lead ethically.