The CRADLE mission is based on three fundamental values:
Learning
- Education of students about digital libraries
- Training of students in how to be digital librarians
- Educating ourselves and others about digital libraries
Discovery
- Developing new methodologies to support digital libraries, searching,knowledge bases
- Developing and supporting new digital libraries, and digital library testbeds
- Studying the effectiveness of digital libraries
Engagement
- Provide information and guidance to digital library resources to the university, the state of NC, academic communities, and the world
- Help build and support working digital libraries for important UNC projects
- Provide preservation and access to important UNC materials