CIT libraries strive to develop independent and lifelong learners by:
- Provide a positive, user-oriented learning environment
- Acquiring , developing, and providing access to learning resources;
- Assisting students to develop the skills required to succeed in a knowledge- based society;
- Collaborating with faculty to create and deliver innovative learning opportunities;
- Using the most effective technologies available to provide services.
The collections to be developed and maintained by the libraries will serve the following purposes:
- Instructional support for students, faculty members and teaching staff;
- Professional and operational support for staff and the university;
- Support for lifelong learning for students, faculty members and teaching staff and community users.
The library collections aim to fulfill the following objectives:
- Support all courses and programs offered at the university by providing varied and relevant materials in a variety of formats (electronic, printed, audio/video, etc.);
- Provide adequate resources to assist faculty members and teaching staff in their teaching functions;
- Develop core collection of materials to support program delivery in the two campuses;
- Provide general interest material for the overall enrichment of the university community;
- Develop reference collections that allow libraries to provide information services in support of the university instruction and operations;
- Provide career and continuing education resources in support of the continuing education programs;
- Maintain copies of required textbooks for all courses, supplementary teaching materials and curriculum documents;
- Support research requirement of the various faculties in conjunction with the programs offered at the university;
- Develop and maintain archival materials in addition to materials documenting the development of CIT;
