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The Walter Royal Davis Library is the central library for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It is the largest and most comprehensive library on campus and the major research facility for the humanities and social sciences. The library encompasses more than 400,000 square feet and provides seating for 2,000 users in addition to carrels for 1,000 readers. The Walter Royal Davis Library s holdings include more than 2,500,000 volumes, 2,000,000 printed government documents, over 3,000,000 microforms and thousands of electronic titles. With 100-plus public computers, a computer lab, 24 group study rooms, two high-tech instructional labs and in excess of 2,300 Internet connections and wireless communications throughout, Davis Library is among the most intensively computerized and technologically advanced libraries in the world. It also has a collaboratory where library staff members assist faculty in integrating digital resources into their Web-based teaching and research projects. The library also provides laptop computers that students and faculty can checkout for three-hour periods. It is open 100 hours a week. The Walter Royal Davis Library is located in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Located in Chapel Hill, N.C., Health Sciences Library manages materials for the advancement of health care options. The library provides information and knowledge and educates users to manage and creates and maintains integrated educational systems. Health Sciences Library conducts and promotes research in information and library science. It is the primary library for UNC-Chapel Hill Schools of Dentistry, UNC-Chapel Hill Schools of Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill Schools of Nursing, UNC-Chapel Hill Schools of Pharmacy and UNC-Chapel Hill Schools of Public Health and the University of North Carolina Hospitals. The library also serves the health information needs of the entire university. Health Sciences Library serves the state s health professionals through the Area Health Education Centers Library and Information Services Network. The library s collections includes over 290,000 volumes that further include recent and historical materials, as well as more than 4,000 current serial titles and over 8,900 audiovisual and microcomputer software programs.
