WVU Libraries serves as an intellectual, cultural and social center that supports the University’s goals to increase student success and engagement with its R1 and land-grant missions, providing crucial services and programs. We also serve as an essential information resource for the people of West Virginia.
We are driven by our core purpose of connecting students, faculty and community with information and cultural heritage that empowers their exploration, discovery, learning and innovation.
WVU Libraries counts on passionate, loyal and caring members of our Mountaineer family to grow and continue the work. Your support helps us to create incredible opportunities and to truly go above and beyond.
- Transforming and adapting physical spaces
- Creating sought-after destinations that enhance collaboration, foster innovation and promote research and learning.
- Deepening community engagement
- Creating robust cultural and educational programming through the West Virginia & Regional History Center (WVRHC), WVU Humanities Center, the Art in the Libraries program and the William A. Neal Museum of the Health Sciences.
- Accelerating student achievement
- Developing instruction and programming that allows students to achieve greater success in the classroom and provides them with critical thinking skills to succeed personally and professionally, now and after graduation.
- Empowering campus researchers
- Providing librarian expertise to meet changing needs as technologies evolve and federal funders develop new requirements around open data, science and scholarship.
- Investing in a skilled, future-ready library workforce
- Presenting opportunities for continuous learning and retooling essential skills as new technologies emerge and the needs of our users evolve.
- Advancing digital innovation and preservation
- Ensuring access to the unique digital assets of our history and culture, which require an ongoing and evolving commitment to advanced technical infrastructure.
We encourage you to take a look at our priorities and services, and support your favorite area of interest. Everyone will benefit.