Director's Welcome
"I encourage you to explore our collections, use our services, and make recommendations for purchase or improvements."
Stephen Roberts
Associate Vice President for University Libraries
Director's Office - 433 Capen Hall
Phone: (716) 645-2966
E-mail: SRoberts@buffalo.edu
About the Director
Stephen Roberts is the Associate Vice President for University Libraries at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. He has held this position since October 2007.
Steve joined the University Libraries in 1977 charged to oversee the migration of major library units from the South to the North Campus. During the succeeding thirty years, the University Libraries have benefited from his strategic leadership in the transition to computerized library systems and services as well as the integration of online resources.
Steve holds a BA in English from Johns Hopkins University, and an MLS from the University at Buffalo, and a Masters of Art in Teaching from Brown University. He has been an investigator in numerous nationally-sponsored grant programs funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Council on Library Resources that have focused on the utilization of emerging technologies to facilitate sharing of costly resources and publications among research libraries, or on the implementation of technologies to enhance use and access to special collections.
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Libraries Mission Statement
The University Libraries embrace the principle of excellence in the provision of information resources and technologies to support the teaching, research, and service missions of the University at Buffalo. Our values help us to know what is important. Values guide our actions. They remind us of the business we are in, education; the people we serve; how we choose to work together; how we choose to treat each other and our patrons/clients. Working together, we value:
- Accountability
- A strong work ethic
- A creative work environment
- Continuous learning, staff training and development
- Open communication
- Respect for diverse perspectives
- Equity in the allocation of resources, facilities and workload
- Good relationships
- Teamwork
- Recognition/acknowledgement
In providing service to our users, we value:
- A strong service ethic
- Knowledge, expertise and the freedom to exercise judgment
- Timeliness in responding to our user's needs
- Accessibility at all service points
- Meeting institutional and community goals and needs
- Commitment to courtesy
- Our role as educators
In building and maintaining collections of diverse materials, we value:
- Current, historical and specialized materials in all formats
- Supporting curricular and research needs
- Resource sharing
- Preservation
- Fulfilling our responsibility as a major information provider within SUNY and beyond
- Ongoing, open communication with users
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