Library Staff Awards

In Fall 2022, in conjunction with the Council on the Libraries and the Dartmouth community, we embarked on a year-long process to re-imagine the future of Dartmouth Library. In the initial five-week sprint, a core team of Library staff engaged with designers from IDEO to take a human-centered, design-research approach to reflect a shared purpose and vision for Dartmouth Library. Our Purpose is why we exist. It's our guiding star; the shared meaning that makes it all worth it. 

Powered by questions, we spark discovery—within ourselves, our community, and our world. 

Awarded to a Dartmouth Libraries staff member who exemplifies the Purpose statement. This award expresses gratitude to colleagues who bring our purpose statement to life and make the library a better place.

Purpose in Action Award Details

In Fall 2022, in conjunction with the Council on the Libraries and the Dartmouth community, we embarked on a year-long process to re-imagine the future of Dartmouth Library. In the initial five-week sprint, a core team of Library staff engaged with designers from IDEO to take a human-centered, design-research approach to reflect a shared purpose and vision for Dartmouth Library. Our Vision is the future we hope to create, the direction we are headed. It gives us an aspiration and informs strategy.

We aspire to be the intellectual home of open and collaborative enquiry, moving us towards a more just society.

Awarded to a Dartmouth Libraries staff member who exemplifies the Vision statement. 

Vision in Action Award Details

Our values represent the guiding principles to which we, the staff of the Dartmouth Library, aspire. They inform what we prioritize, how we make decisions, and how we treat one another. Each value is awarded to an individual Dartmouth Libraries staff member who demonstrates that value in their work at Dartmouth Libraries. Library groups are also eligible.

Values in Action Awards details

Trust

We choose to start from a place of trust, and to build and maintain trust by acting with integrity, transparency, and authenticity in our collaborations, communications, and partnerships.

Service

We are dedicated to service through our partnerships and our commitments to excellence, access, and expertise. We remain adaptable and focused on long-term sustainability of our work.

Respect

We act with respect, appreciation, and support for the professionalism and expertise of our colleagues. We work to develop Library collections, programs, and teams that are ever more inclusive and just for our community.

Curiosity

We foster an environment of continuous learning, creativity, innovation, and support for the creation of knowledge and scholarship. We welcome, encourage, and honor differing perspectives.

Community

We strengthen our vibrant community by contributing our expertise to research, learning, and scholarship, and through a commitment to being welcoming and inclusive to individuals, identities, backgrounds, and groups that have been historically marginalized.