Defining our strategy 2005 - 2008
Defining our mission, our vision, our strategic priorities and organisational values.
Our mission
- Helping people advance knowledge to enrich lives.
Our vision
- We play a leading role in the changing world of research information.
- We exist for everyone who wants to do research – for academic, personal,
or commercial purposes. - We promote ready access to the British Library’s collection and expertise through integrated services which are increasingly time and space independent.
- We also connect with the collections and expertise of others, and work in partnership to fulfil our users’ needs.
Our strategic priorities
- Enrich the user’s experience.
- Build the digital research environment.
- Transform search and navigation.
- Grow and manage the national collection.
- Develop our people.
- Guarantee financial sustainability.
Our organisational values
- Open consultative organisation.
- Empowered, flexible and diverse workforce.
- Non-hierarchical, agile decision making.
- Staff who feel recognised and valued.
- Strong performance management.
