Welcome to the University Libraries at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln!
Liz Lorang, Dean of University Libraries
As dean of the University Libraries, I have the best job anywhere at the university. The source of my conviction? The deep-in-my-bones belief that academic libraries are sites of transformational encounters with information. Such transformational encounters with information make it possible to thrive as individuals, communities, and worlds.
Framed in this way, academic libraries have never been more vital—more alive, more crucial—than they are now. Why? Because we live and move within information environments more complex than ever before. Because the greatest issues of our time are, at their core, information challenges. Because we must think deeply about our information obligations to the future, as commitments to those yet to come. Continue reading the full Dean's Welcome statement...
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Libraries Course Materials
More than $2.75 million in cost savings for students since 2021
80 Years of Love
Love Library first opened to students in 1945, marking its 80th year in 2025.
In honor of this anniversary—and several other significant milestones—the University Libraries is celebrating with Pages to Paths.
more than
25,000 Interactions
with our experts in a typical year
Our team of experts offer support for countless inquiries every year, equivalent in number to providing direct, one-on-one support to every student and employee of UNL annually.
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UNCL
University of Nebraska Consortium of Libraries
University Libraries is a member of the University of Nebraska Consortium of Libraries (UNCL). UNCL furthers teaching, learning, and research through the sharing of collections, expertise, and programs. Additional information about member libraries and their collaborative work can be found on the UNCL website.
Support the Libraries
Jan Walkenhorst (UNL 1974) has been supporting Libraries since 1998. Find out more about Jan and her impact on Libraries in the Fall 2024 Alumni Donor Newsletter
“If we expect to have a future, we need to preserve our past, the past is embodied by the library.”
Join the Libraries on a journey to meet the evolving needs of the University’s students, faculty and staff with updated spaces, services, collections, and technology.
