The IU Libraries team strives to create a collaborative, supportive workplace in which all voices and perspectives are heard and respected.
In accordance with Indiana University's long tradition of faculty governance, our librarians are represented on the Bloomington Library Faculty Council. The library faculty accepts the responsibility for maintaining high standards of performance and for participating in the development of library services and in the determination of the goals of the IU Libraries system. The library faculty affirms the necessity for communication among the libraries on the Bloomington campus and throughout the library system and for consulting with the teaching and research faculties to identify and attain the objectives of those libraries. The library faculty is committed to the concept of academic freedom and recognizes that such freedom, accompanied by responsibility, is attached to all aspects of a librarian's professional conduct.
Members of our staff organize and communicate with Libraries administration through the Libraries Staff Council, which provides valuable information, insight, and ideas to those in decision-making positions. It seeks to represent an appointed staff employee perspective to Libraries Administration and supports that perspective for the betterment of the Libraries community. All Support, Service, and PA Staff employees are members of the Libraries Staff Organization (LSO). Each year the organization elects ten members to represent them as part of of the Staff Council.