Vision and Mission
GUST's Library was established in 2002 to serve the University's faculty, staff, students, and alumni. On June 20, 2006, the Library was renamed the Abdullah Mubarak Al-Refai (A. M. Al-Refai) Library in honor of the late Dr. Abdullah Mubarak Al-Refai, President from 2003-2005.
Vision
The vision of the A. M. Al-Refai Library is to facilitate life-long learning and provide user-focused resources in support of :
- Undergraduate & Graduate programs
- Faculty research
- Scholarly activity
Mission
The mission of the Library is to maintain and improve the quality of service to users and provide:
- Access to information through print and electronic resources
- Efficient response to academic, teaching and research needs
- Major contribution to information literacy programs
- Environment that fosters learning
- Participation in University’s outcomes
Values
The A. M. Al-Refai Library is guided by the following values:
- Open Access
- Service Excellence
- Education and Life-long Learning
- Growth and Innovation
- Open Communication
Goals
The A. M. Al-Refai Library goals are to:
- Provide an organized and readily accessible collection of information resources relevant to teaching, research, creative activities, and professional needs of the academic community
- Provide sufficient space for study and use of information resources in an atmosphere that is conducive to study and research
- Provide timely bibliographic and full-text access to Library resources
- Provide effective instructional support for users to locate and retrieve information resources and services that develops skills for life-long learning
- Foster a forward-thinking, dynamic Library organization that is flexible and responsive to user needs in achieving the University's mission and goals
- Encourage and enable users to become life-long retrievers, evaluators, and users of information
