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Did you know that you can borrow UNC e-books and audiobooks directly to your phone through the Libby app? Follow these instructions to get started ➡️ ➡️

✵ Download the Libby app.
✵ If you are already using Libby with a different library, press the center menu button. Below “Your Libraries” select “Add Library.”
✵ If you are using Libby for the first time, select “Yes, I Have a Library Card” and then “Search For A Library.”
✵ Search for “University Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.”
✵ Select “Sign in With My Card.” Libby will ask you to log in with your Onyen.
✵ Log in with your Onyen and password.

You’re all signed in! Now you can borrow our e-books and audiobooks directly through Libby.

A new book about America’s first opioid crisis arose out of a fellowship program at Wilson Special Collections Library.

Published by UNC Press, O***m Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America’s First Opioid Crisis offers historical insight into the roots of today’s crisis. The author, Jonathan Jones, then a PhD candidate at Binghamton University, used a 2018 visiting research fellowship to uncover key firsthand sources that became the foundation for his dissertation — and ultimately this book.

Learn more:

A match met, a fellowship forever - Carolina Stories New book on America’s first opioid crisis grew out of a Wilson Library research fellowship

And just like that... Summer session 1 is done! Enjoy the weekend, Tar Heels!

Over the summer, we will be highlighting some of the historical, noteworthy, or just generally cool items in our collections. First up: this backstage pass to a Grateful Dead from a 1991 show at the Greensboro Coliseum. This pass is one of 155 passes designed by graphic illustrator Tony Reonegro over a six-year period.

This pass is a part of the North Carolina Collection's Lew Powell Collection in Wilson Library.

E-Resources Metadata Librarian Brionna Johnson was selected to attend the prestigious Minnesota Institute for Early Career Librarians this summer. The program helps prepares new librarians to "lead from where they are to transform their institutions in service of their communities.”

Brionna is excited to join the 2026 cohort and says she looks forward to connecting with and learning from fellow emerging library professionals!

Carolina launches study on libraries and generative AI in local communities | UNC-Chapel Hill The statewide project, announced on Chancellor Lee H. Roberts' summer tour, is aimed at understanding how local libraries can support AI literacy.

With Davis and the UL closed this month, it's a great moment to check out other library study spaces on campus! Sloane Art Library in Hanes Art Center has great natural light, an outdoor patio, and a quiet second floor.

The library is open Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stop by!

For those of you watching Top Chef this season, you might have noticed that the finale featured one of the most iconic landscapes in North Carolina: the mile-high swinging bridge at Grandfather Mountain. The bridge is the highest suspension footbridge in the United States. We thought we'd feature a few of the photos from the Hugh Morton Collection of Photographs and Film.

And yes, that is Johnny Cash!

Wilson Library is closed Monday and Tuesday due to unexpected facilities issues. Please email [email protected] if you need assistance.

A new exhibition at Wilson Special Collections Library explores the people, ideas and defining moments of the Revolutionary era that emerged right here in North Carolina.

“Witnesses to the Revolution: North Carolina and the War for Independence” is a partnership between the University Library and the North Carolina Museum of History. The exhibition showcases more than 50 items drawn from the collections of the two institutions illustrating how North Carolinians shaped the Revolutionary period.

“Witnesses to the Revolution” will be on display in Wilson Library’s North Carolina Collection Gallery from June 12 through December 4. The exhibition is free and open to all. Learn more: https://library.unc.edu/news/witnesses-to-the-revolution-north-carolina-and-the-war-for-independence/