Library Mission
The L.W. Tyree Library supports Santa Fe College with knowledgeable staff, appropriate resources and an environment that promotes user success and life-long learning.
Goals
Outreach and Access
Facilitate access for all users to information resources.
- Provide regular and timely access to the Tyree Library with extended hours during final exam periods.
- Provide access in a variety of methods to qualified librarians for assistance with questions related to resources and the research process.
- Provide 24/7 access to library eResources.
- Provide online renewals and requests.
- Enable users to borrow materials from statewide institutions and other libraries as needed.
- Support the SF Centers with online services, on-site information literacy instruction, and materials delivery.
Education Programs
Create innovative and flexible learning opportunities that meet the information needs of all users.
- Design courses to meet the needs of users.
- Collaborate with teaching faculty to tailor information literacy instruction in support of the curriculum.
- Offer flexible scheduling for users.
- Provide instruction in person and online through:
- One-on-one interaction
- For-credit classes
- Information literacy instruction sessions
- Webinars
- Online tutorials and guides
- Collaborate with other SF departments to offer educational programming for students.
Human Resources
Recruit, develop, assess, and retain quality full and part-time librarians and library staff.
- Recruit qualified and experienced librarians and library staff.
- Provide professional development opportunities for librarians, including annual opportunities for workshops and conferences.
- Provide professional development for library staff, including annual opportunities for workshops and conferences.
Resources
Maintain a user-centered library, including:
- 200,000+ items in the collection, including books, eBooks, databases, media, and streaming content
- Classrooms
- Study rooms
- Quiet study space
- Equipment for viewing media
- Print/copy stations
- Scanning stations
- Generous study areas on all floors
- Computer workstations on all three floors
- Adaptive technology workstations
- Multipurpose rooms, which may be scheduled by SF departments, pending availability
- Café