Our refreshed Statement of Purpose

Uniting, supporting & empowering the profession

Our purpose will be to unite, support and empower information professionals in all sectors.

Vision

A professional community, dedicated to changing lives through quality information, services and expertise.

Mission

To be the leading professional membership association for people working in information, knowledge, libraries and related disciplines.

Values

We will stand for and actively champion the values that unite our profession:

• Social justice
• Intellectual freedom
• Evidence-based practice

Setting our strategic objectives

As we set our next five year strategy we will be focusing on realistic, impactful and forward-looking strategic objectives which speak to our long-standing values:

1. Strengthening professionalism


2. Building Knowledge communities


3. Supporting leadership at every level


4. A diverse, inclusive and representative profession


5. Advocating for our profession


6. Growing our membership