Vision and organisation
Stockholm University Library is a central support for the university’s researchers, teachers and students. Our goal is to create the best conditions for research, teaching and scholarly communication.
Stockholm University Library has its own infrastructure, which includes both the physical library and electronic resources. In addition to offering a service to our library users at Stockholm University and the general public, we are also a driving force in publishing issues and open science.
Read more about our work with Open Science
Vision and Goals
The goals of the library are based on the overall strategies set up by Stockholm University for 2023-2026. In line with those strategies, we create our own vision and development goals which we describe in our Operational Plan.
Strategies for Stockholm University 2023-2026
Vision, Objective and Goals 2024-2026
Vision
Smart, brave and sustainable infrastructure with a focus on truth-seeking and reliable knowledge.
Overall Goals
Our vision is obvious to all employees and permeates the organization's operations and development in a changing world.
- We develop new solutions by having the courage to test, challenge and question.
- Our services are reliable and create value for our users.
- We automate more to free up resources for greater benefit to the University.
- Our working method leads to self-organised groups, where everyone contributes and feels involved.
Media Policy
Information supply at Stockholm University Library shall give our primary users, ie the university’s students, teachers, and researchers, access to the media resources needed for teaching and research conducted at Stockholm University.
Media acquisition and collection management at the library are strictly demand-driven. We choose primarily the electronic format.
Procured suppliers
The University Library primarily uses procured suppliers for its media acquisitions.
Public library
The University Library is a public library and thus open to the public who is welcome to use existing material. Most of the University Library’s printed collections are available to other libraries through interlibrary loans. The electronic media resources are available to the public on site at the library.
Organisation
The Library is part of the University Administration and its overall focus is determined by the Interdisciplinary Council.
Stockholm University Organisation Chart
The work at the University Library is led by the Library Director and a Management Group (read more about the Library Management below).
Our history
When Stockholm University was founded at the end of the 1870s, the ground was also laid for the research library that is today Stockholm University Library.
Read more about the History of the University Library
Archives and Registry
The library also includes the University-wide Archives and Registry:
Library Management
The Management Group deals with overall issues and questions of strategic importance for the organisation and is advisory to the Library Director in decision-making.
The University Library Management consists of the Library Director, the Deputy Library Director and Administrative Manager and five Section Managers.
In the absence of the Library Director, the Deputy Library Director conducts all the functions of the Library Director.
Contact information for the Library Management Group can be found below.
Contact
Last updated: March 18, 2025
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