[PADG:1177] RE: mission statements

["Linda Blaser" <Blaser@xxxxxxxxxx>]

While we do not have a mission statement for our conservation lab.  The
mission statement for our institution has always included preservation.

Here it is:

"The Mission of the Folger Library is to preserve and enhance its
collections; to render the collections accessible to scholars for
advanced research; and to advance understanding and appreciation of the
Library and its collections through interpretive programs for the
public."


Linda A. Blaser
Senior Book Conservator
The Folger Shakespeare Library
Washington, DC 20003
blaser@xxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: Carla J. Montori [mailto:cmontori@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 1:54 PM
To: padg@xxxxxxx
Subject: [PADG:1175] mission statements


	I am interested in hearing from my colleagues whose Preservation

Departments have formal mission statements.  I'd like to know how that 
statement relates to the mission statement of the broader organization
in 
which you work.  For instance, if your program is part of technical 
services, how do the layers of statements fit together?  I'm also
curious 
about the use to which you put your mission statement, and who the
audience 
is.

	Thank you in advance for sharing your mission statement with me,
and for 
any information you can share.  Please feel free to respond to me
off-list 
or on-.

Carla J. Montori
Head, Preservation Division
University of Michigan University Library
cmontori@xxxxxxxxx