Our strategic initiatives

Diversity and Inclusive Excellence

Open Models of Access

Student Success

We are proud to support students, faculty, staff, Coloradans and visiting scholars by providing听essential scholarly resources, user-centered services听and inclusive and welcoming spaces.

Our collections, the largest in the Rocky Mountain region, include听15+ million volumes and access to thousands of听specialized research databases.听Our听five library locations听(蝉别别 maps & floor plans) offer a variety of spaces and services to support our community.

We are affiliated with the best research libraries in the country. Our memberships include听HathiTrust, the Academic Preservation Trust, FOLIO, the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, the Greater Western Library Alliance, the Association of Research Libraries and the Center for Research Libraries.

Our people听are at the heart of everything we do.

The University Libraries鈥� faculty and staff听(view our directory and organizational chart) are committed to serving听undergraduate and graduate students and collaborating with teaching faculty colleagues in all degree programs across our campus and the CU system. Our听faculty, both tenure-stream and teaching professor-stream,听participate in University of Colorado faculty governance. We offer a number of competitive positions听with the goal of furthering our mission and values.

By the numbers

11+ million volumes

$15,600,000 collections budget

175 student employees

Ranked 26 of 70 public institutions in the ARL Index

More facts and statistics

Collection disclosures

The 'timeless fellowship'

The history of the University Libraries began in a single room in Old Main in September 1877. Norlin Library opened in January 1940; additions and renovations have continued over the years. Most recently, we renovated our west reading room.听

Today, we听are committed to providing inspiring physical spaces that connect, empower and delight all who enter through innovative听services such as the Multimedia Equipment Lending Library and the Norlin Mindfulness Room.

Libraries policies & guidelines

Norlin Library under construction, July 9 1939

Norlin Library听under construction in 1939. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History collection, Box 3, Folder 2, item 12.