Contribute to student success and their preparation for successful careers, the Smathers Libraries will create online, face-to-face, and blended instructional programs, offer research experiences based on library collections and services, and provide experiential learning opportunities that include but are not limited to utilizing tools, expertise and technologies, to students of all disciplines. Libraries are critical campus partners as they provide expertise in developing critical-thinking skills as well as information, data, and digital literacy for life-long learning. Pre-endowment.