2001 March 21 Suffolk University's Mission Statement places students at the center of its efforts and value structure, and emphasizes academic excellence through teaching, based on the application of theory and research to practice and public service.
Faculty are central in all higher education endeavors.
From the library's perspective, the focus to date has been on acquiring requested information resources and upon making information more accessible, rather than addressing specifically how and why the faculty uses the library. The Sawyer Library needs to measure the ways in which the library supports the faculty. Conducting faculty support outcomes assessments is intended and designed to improve library services. The results from our outcomes assessment efforts may not be able to stand up to scientific scrutiny, but it should be able to give the staff of the Mildred F. Sawyer Library a basis for informed judgment on which support mechanisms work and which do not work. Specifically, we want to identify the ways in which the Sawyer Library is supporting the faculty's research and contributing to their teaching efforts.