Our organization
The University Library's core purpose is to advance learning, research, and collaborations across our diverse community through the unique combination of academic support services, inclusive spaces, and relevant and distinctive collections.
- Strategic framework 2025
- The University Library's strategic framework builds on the University Plan 2025 and identifies key commitments and objectives that will define our work and inform our priorities through 2025.
- University Library Master Plan
- The University Library Transformation Project (ULTP) master plan presents a strategy for the architectural and programmatic evolution of our library spaces.
- Organizational chart (PDF 224 KB)
- University Library organizational chart.
- Balancing the collections budget
- In 2019, the University Library undertook a review of our Big Deal subscriptions in direct response to the unsustainable rising costs set by publishers, the fluctuating value of the Canadian dollar, and the monopolization of publishing companies. Learn about our process and results of the project.
- Library assessment program
- The library assessment program consists of four key components: library data and statistics, library surveys, key performance indicators and benchmarking, and other assessment-related activities.
- USask Library Research Collective
- The Research Collective supports a culture of research excellence within the USask Library. Tenured and tenure-track library faculty are required to develop a program of research to meet the university standards for tenure and promotion, but research conducted in an academic library can include many things. The Collective encourages and supports research across the library, whether it be conducting individual research projects, improving library services, or evaluating professional practice.
- University Library Standards for Promotion and Tenure (PDF 350 KB)
- Current standards were conditionally approved on December 9, 2021 and approved without conditions by the University Review Committee (URC) effective November 17, 2023.
