Metadata Services
MIT Libraries

Mission Statements

Metadata Services Mission

The Mission of Metadata Services is to provide effective solutions for preparing and applying metadata for digital production practices and to raise the level of awareness of the importance of metadata for managing digital content.

In accomplishing this mission Metadata Services supports the academic and research missions of MIT and the MIT Libraries. Metadata Services is MIT's first, best resource for metadata for digital production projects.

MIT Libraries Mission

The mission of the MIT libraries is to create and sustain an intuitive, trusted information environment that enables learning and the advancement of knowledge at MIT. We are committed to developing strategies and systems that promote discovery and facilitate worldwide scholarly communication.

MIT Mission

The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

The Institute is committed to generating, disseminating, and preserving knowledge, and to working with others to bring this knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges. MIT is dedicated to providing its students with an education that combines rigorous academic study and the excitement of discovery with the support and intellectual stimulation of a diverse campus community. We seek to develop in each member of the MIT community the ability and passion to work wisely, creatively, and effectively for the betterment of humankind.