Overview of the UNC Library System
A network of libraries and reading rooms across the campus support the University of North Carolina's academic and professional programs. More than three hundred library staff provide library services to Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff as well as researchers from throughout North Carolina and across the globe. The University libraries combined holdings exceed 5,000,000 volumes; 4,000,000 microforms; nearly 2,000,000 government publications; 20,000,000 manuscripts; hundreds of thousands of audiovisuals, maps and photographs; and thousands of electronic titles. In terms of subject scope, campus libraries cover most areas of the fine arts, biomedical and physical sciences, humanities, law, and social sciences.
The University Library, also known as the Academic Affairs Library, consists of the Walter Royal Davis Library, the main library that principally serves the humanities and social sciences; the Robert B. House Undergraduate Library that includes the major reserve reading materials and the Media Resources Center; the Louis Round Wilson Library, a special collections facility that includes the Manuscripts, Maps, and Rare Book collections, the North Carolina Collection and gallery; and nearly a dozen branch libraries covering art, biology, black culture and history, chemistry, geological sciences, information and library science, math/physics, marine sciences, music, and city and regional planning.
The Health Sciences Library, the Kathrine R. Everett Law Library, and several independent libraries, including, for example, the Carolina Population Center Library, Highway Safety Research Center Library, and Park Library of Journalism and Mass Communication complete the campus network.
A list of libraries, their hours, and locations is updated regularly. Note, however, that hours for holidays and intersession periods will vary.
Mission statements:
University Library
Health Sciences Library
Law Library
