The goals of the Mardigian Library collection include:

• Responding to the curricular and research needs of students, and providing material that helps students broaden viewpoints
• Responding to faculty needs for instructional support and encouraging faculty input to the selection process through a system of discipline liaisons
• Maintaining a collection that provides current material, in a variety of formats, in the subject areas covered by the curriculum
• Providing access to material that we do not own through cooperative buying and interlibrary loan
• Spending funds in a timely fashion as well as showing awareness of financial constraints and fiscal responsibility
• Showing accountability by adherence to the collection policy