University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

===Libraries===
[[File:The Davis Library, UNC Chapel Hill.JPG|thumb|Davis Library]]
[[File:Louis Round Wilson Library.JPG|thumb|right|[[Louis Round Wilson Library]] opened in 1929 and houses special collections .<ref>[http://www.lib.unc.edu/about/pubs/wilson.pdf About UNC Libraries | UNC Chapel Hill Libraries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827083618/http://www.lib.unc.edu/about/pubs/wilson.pdf |date=August 27, 2010 }}. Lib.unc.edu. Retrieved on August 9, 2013.</ref>|alt=A large building with six Corinthian columns on the front with the sides being obscured by bushes.]]
UNC-Chapel Hill's library system includes a number of individual libraries housed throughout the campus and holds more than 7.0&nbsp;million volumes in total.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Nation's Largest Libraries: A Listing By Volumes Held {{!}} American Library Association|date=July 7, 2006|url=http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet22|access-date=October 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014171755/http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet22|archive-date=October 14, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> UNC-Chapel Hill's [[North Carolina Collection]] (NCC) is the largest and most comprehensive collection of holdings about any single state nationwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/rl.html|title=The North Carolina Collection Research Library|access-date=April 5, 2008|year=2007|publisher=UNC University Libraries|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510124249/http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/rl.html|archive-date=May 10, 2008}}</ref> The unparalleled assemblage of literary, visual, and artifactual materials documents four centuries of North Carolina history and culture.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/index.html |title=North Carolina Collection |publisher=Lib.unc.edu |date=July 3, 2012 |access-date=July 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721024213/http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/index.html |archive-date=July 21, 2012  }}</ref> The North Carolina Collection is housed in [[Wilson Library]], named after [[Louis Round Wilson]], along with the [[Southern Historical Collection]], the Rare Books Collection, and the [[Southern Folklife Collection]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.unc.edu/wilson/wilson.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204134745/http://www.lib.unc.edu/wilson/wilson.html  |archive-date=February 4, 2008 |title=Louis Round Wilson Library: An Enduring Monument to Learning |publisher=Lib.unc.edu |access-date=July 10, 2012 }}</ref> The university is home to [[ibiblio]], one of the world's largest collections of freely available information including software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural studies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibiblio.org/history/index.html|title=ibiblio: Ten Years in the Making|access-date=May 18, 2008|year=2002|publisher=ibiblio|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002223211/http://ibiblio.org/history/index.html|archive-date=October 2, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Carrigan|first=Robert|author2=Milton, Ron|author3=Morrow, Dan|url=http://www.cwhonors.org/laureates/Education/northcarolina.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625151335/http://www.cwhonors.org/laureates/Education/northcarolina.pdf|archive-date=June 25, 2008|title=Education and Academia: ibiblio|year=2005|work=Computerworld Honors Case Study|publisher=Computerworld Honors Program|access-date=June 18, 2008}}</ref>

The Davis Library, situated near the Pit, is the main library and the largest academic facility and state-owned building in North Carolina.<ref name=":1" /> It was named after North Carolina philanthropist [[Walter R. Davis|Walter Royal Davis]] and opened on February 6, 1984. The first book checked out of Davis Library was [[George Orwell]]'s [[Nineteen Eighty-Four|''1984'']].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.unc.edu/spotlight/anniversary.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041106014330/http://www.lib.unc.edu/spotlight/anniversary.html  |archive-date=November 6, 2004 |title=Happy Anniversary, Davis Library! |publisher=Lib.unc.edu |access-date=August 10, 2012 }}</ref> The R.B. House Undergraduate Library is located between the Pit area and Wilson Library. It is named after Robert B. House, the Chancellor of UNC from 1945 to 1957, and opened in 1968.<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert B. House (1892-1987) and House Library |url=https://museum.unc.edu/exhibits/show/names/house-library |website=The Carolina Story: A Virtual Museum of University History |access-date=January 16, 2022 |archive-date=January 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116101426/https://museum.unc.edu/exhibits/show/names/house-library |url-status=live }}<!-- prior url: http://www.planroom.unc.edu/Bldg/Detail.asp?id=063&view=main --></ref> In 2001, the R.B. House Undergraduate Library underwent a $9.9&nbsp;million renovation that modernized the furnishings, equipment, and infrastructure of the building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.unc.edu/house/history_and_mission.html |title=R.B. House Undergraduate Library-History and Mission |publisher=Lib.unc.edu |date=August 9, 2010 |access-date=August 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928192959/http://www.lib.unc.edu/house/history_and_mission.html |archive-date=September 28, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> Prior to the construction of Davis, Wilson Library was the university's main library, but now Wilson hosts special events and houses special collections, rare books, and temporary exhibits.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.unc.edu/overview.html |title=Overview of the UNC Chapel Hill Library System |access-date=April 5, 2008 |year=2007 |publisher=UNC University Libraries |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403131928/http://www.lib.unc.edu/overview.html |archive-date=April 3, 2008  }}</ref>

====''Documenting the American South''====<!--Should be a sub-section since it's the target of a redirect.-->
The library oversees '''''Documenting the American South''''', a free public access website of "digitized primary materials that offer Southern perspectives on American history and culture." The project began in 1996.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://docsouth.unc.edu/support/about/ |title=About Documenting the American South |publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil |access-date=March 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321104454/http://docsouth.unc.edu/support/about/ |archive-date=March 21, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2009 the library launched the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center, a statewide digital library, in partnership with other organizations.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612110901/http://digitalnc.org/about |url=http://digitalnc.org/about  |archive-date=June 12, 2010 |title=About DigitalNC |work=Digitalnc.org }}</ref>