1. Introduction

The Library and knowledge Services, among the academic units from the College, believes the vibrant way forward for the institution could be recognized once the Library and knowledge services l is brought by comprehensive lengthy and temporary plans. For this finish, the Library has designed this 3 years proper plan.

1.1. Reputation of HU Library and knowledge Services

The university’s primary library building was built before fifty years because it was the fundamental element to commence the then Imperial College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts in 1953,later known as the Alemaya College, and today Haramaya College (HU). Since that time the primary library continues to be supplying services to students and staff. An anexe towards the primary library was built seven years back. And, presently branch libraries, graduated pupils library, Female students Library, Harar campus library, Chiro campus library and also the lately commenced technology campus library are serving the college community. The constructions of two new libraries they are under opting for college of law and faculty of veterinary medicine, correspondingly. Constructions of those new structures are essential because they are a way to finish. But how are you affected inside the structures-that’s furthermore important. Thus, such library structures will curb many plotlines, beyond searching attractive.

On a single stride, each one of these expansions of library structures in HU are a way to address the present greatest ever student enrollment and to offer sufficient space for both brining collections and ICT Infrastructure In a nutshell, it’s means to offer the ultimate mission from the college by solving the present space problem by accommodating future needs from the library and it is users.

The library of Haramaya College acquires books, journals, magazines, electronic materials along with other documents needed for undergraduate and graduate level teaching and research through procurement and donations. The library offers Internet services for graduate and undergraduate students.

The primary library, that is found at Haramaya campus, is organized into sections (cataloguing, circulation, documentation, journals and graduate school reference materials, magazine and Internet, and book shop.). It’s also assumed to supervise library services at Harar and Chiro campuses.

2. Vision, Mission, Core Values and Motto of HULIs

2.1. Vision of HULISs

The vision from the Haramaya College Library and knowledge Services will be the center of Haramaya University’s academic and research culture, and also to considerably contributeto the achievements the missions from the college.

2.2. Missions of HU LISs

In transporting out this vision, HULIS have to step-up its effort to get, manage, and supply information sources, in electronic and printed formats, as well as provide information literacy course to allow users to recognize, locate, and employ e-sources adequately, to ensure that users will empower and take advantage of the full potential from the world of understanding. As greater than a physical place, the Library uses condition-of-the-art technology to supply information to users beyond its walls.

The Haramaya College Library and knowledge Services, like a pillar and partner in Haramaya College’s mission of learning and teaching, research, and outreach and community services, provides leadership in being able to access and taking advantage of information and understanding for that wider users.

HULIS missions is going to be:

• making certain top quality information sources and services, and comprehensive reference services to students, faculty along with other users.
• supplying enhanced use of and visibility of e-information sources at institutional, national, regional and worldwide levels
• obtaining, managing, and preserving information sources inside a wide range of formats (this include digitalization projects: to create exam papers accessible online within the campus, ETD or theses of previous graduates accessible online, e-book accessible online)
• creating an atmosphere favorable to learning and research
• recognizing the significance of the library like a put on a college campus with inviting, comfortable, secure and networked spaces for learning and research
• teaching information literacy course or integrate it in to the curriculum
• building an info and learning center that fosters cultural diversity
• supplying leadership inside a many library consortia and library cooperatives

2.3. Core values

Excellence: Give high regard for demonstrating individual and business excellence in provide services to users.

Efficiency: Use time, material and human sources efficiently. Design methods to lessen costs and steer clear of wastage of sources. Resolve complaints rapidly, fairly and recorded them appropriately.

Team performance and Regard for Work, Workers, including students: Be employed in the spirit of team-work inspire cohesion in people from the academic staff, support and students. Treat colleagues with fairness and respect, enable them to grow. enables individual compare unique car features and teams to win. Provide the greatest regard for work and workers. Remember that the information on the Library depends upon individuals who’ve the greatest regard for work and workers. Possess the greatest regard for that students as future leaders from the society and impress this regard in it.

Invest in Quality Public Service: aspire and committee to provide relevant and want –based quality plan to you by appropriately using sources and investing in place different guidelines and monitoring mechanisms for making certain quality service.

Tolerance and Pluralism: Encourages free expression of views and concepts and cultivate a culture of tolerance inside the users, remember that the city surrounding you is teeming with diversity of opinion, origins, races, languages and so forth. Accept, respect and accept others with all of their variations.

Transparency and Accountability: perform all task, goals, and objectives from the library freely, clearly with proper guidelines and take full responsibility for assigned roles and responsibilities. Respect the regulation mechanisms to stay in placed

Equity. Treat all people using the spirit of equity and fairness without discrimination based on race, religion, gender national origin or any other discrimination based on race, religion, gender, national origin or any other grounds.

3. Moto

The primary moto from the HULIS’s would be to “cater towards the information needs of educational people, researchers and neighboring industries.”

4. Corporate objectives

The next proper objectives are selected in the corporate BSc document according to their relevance in library and knowledge issues.