The mission of Kalamazoo College Information Services is to provide and promote the services and resources necessary to meet the present and future scholarly, information, and instructional needs of out students, faculty, and staff, and insofar as possible, to share these resources with the broader scholarly community. To fulfill this mission it is necessary to:

• acquire or produce the media needed to support the curriculum

• index and organize these materials so that they are easily accessible to the users

• maintain the collection and equipment in proper physical condition

• provide assistance in identifying, locating, and using all information resources.

• facilitate the use of these resources by a reliable distrubtion system and courteous, efficient services

• create and maintain a campus-wide network of computers, servers, and software for digital communication

• support the users of these computers through a program of instruction and technical support

• participate in the College community and reach out to the College's wider constituencies.

 Information Services consists of the Library and the three arms of the information technology team: Technical and Media Services, Administrative Comuting, and Web Services

• Upjohn Library circulates over 300,000 volumes, thousands of print and full text online periodicals, and provides access to libraries throughout the United States via Interlibrary Loan. The Library also houses the A. M. Todd Rare Book Room and the College Archives.

• Administrative Computing assists the administrative staff in collecting data, reporting results, and doing data analysis on student, administrative, and financial data using the CARS integrated database.

• Technical and Media Services distributes media equipment, maintains the microcomputer labs, provides troubleshooting and in-office help for desktop computers through the Help Desk and ResNet, and is responsible for maintaining the servers and telecommunications infrastructure that make up K-Net, ResNet and K-TV.  They are responsible for keeping the e-mail, world wide web, application, file and print, K-TV, telephone, and ethernet services running. The group provides technical documentation for the College regarding user accounts and also provides technical support for the campus community.

• Web Services is the central access point for the College's Website as well as other Web-based services on campus.