Miller Library’s Mission & Vision

Mission

Miller Library’s primary purpose is to serve the entirety of the Western New Mexico University community, including students and employees.

The library has historically served residents of Grant County, which we continue in an endeavor to enrich the larger community and foster a sense of community engagement and goodwill.

Miller Library uses the following priorities to guide our activities.  We strive to:

• Enable WNMU community’s access to high quality, diverse, and inclusive information resources in a variety of appropriate formats.
• Support WNMU curriculum.
• Support student and faculty information and research needs.

Vision

Miller Library’s vision is to:

• Empower WNMU students to thrive in rapidly changing information eco-systems throughout their lifespans.
• Inspire curiosity and life-long learning.
• Empower students to think critically about information in a variety of formats, including textual, visual, digital, and AI-generated.
• Foster media literacy among our user community.
• Provide a discovery mechanism to introduce our user community to new ideas, new authors & creators, and new technology.

Miller Library’s Mission & Vision statements are guided and informed by WNMU’s Mission, Vision and Values.