Carnegie Mellon University Libraries

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The Carnegie Mellon University Libraries is your destination for discovery. As a central gathering space for the university, with physical and digital spaces for everyone to meet, study, and grow, we're at the heart of the work of CMU.

"Kristin is knowledgeable, attentive to our individual needs, and respectful of each person's unique journey. Even in just twenty minutes, the session shifted the energy in the room - we all felt calmer, more centered, and more positive." - Chisato Tada
Sixth Annual Voluntary University Review of the Sustainable Development Goals: 2025-2026 - Carnegie Mellon University Sustainability Initiative
Melanie Gainey & Sarah Young
Black and white archival image from 1963. "During the special exhibition heat of the Spring Carnival buggy races, the concrete wheels on Sigma Nu fraternity's "Sailboat" entry fall apart just 10 feet from the finish line on Frew Street."
Wilmeth Active Learning Center, Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies. Source: lib.purdue.edu/walc/
photo of six CMU IDs over time
Hunt Library at night with rainbow exterior lights
a person holding a mini book titled, "Small is Beautiful" by L.W. Bondy
Three students sit, reading books among tulips in a Morewood Gardens Women's Residence Hall flower garden. (c.1946)
Sketches by Barbara and Cletus Anderson
Alumni can request books and other materials from the libraries.
Mr. Rogers commencement speech. May 8, 1976.
Simon Armitage lecture
Book covers for the display
“The University Libraries is one of the few places on campus where I don't feel rushed. At a school like CMU, I think it's so valuable to have a place of relative calm and of no expectations to relax, meet friends, or get work done.” –Moira Doolittle, College of Fine Arts
Chasz Griego helps a student at the hackathon.
Grass in front of Hunt Library
Josie Karkkainen
Student employees working at CMU Libraries
LSAC looking at maps
“The University Libraries is where I feel the most connected to the resources available on campus. To me, it is a space of learning and discovery.”
Scotch’n’Soda archives - Pippin, Pippin
2026 Shakespeare Lecture: Simon Armitage on Sonnets & Shakespeare - Posner Center for Special Collections
1st place went to Raouf Belkhir
McConomy Auditorium
LARMESSIN, Nicolas de (France, fl. ca. 1700). Habit de Jardinier (Gardener’s Costume). [Netherlands]: G. Valck, ca. 1690. Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Art Accession no. 1761.
CMU Distinctive Collections annual report
Forum for Student Publishing: March 12, 2026
Professor Sinead Ryan, Dean of Research at Trinity College Dublin, Professor John Kelleher, Director of ADAPT, and OFAI Executive Director Sayeed Choudhury.
Women's History Month book and streaming movie display.
STEM Librarian Huajin Wang and an attendee explore the “Visualizing Library Lending Practices” activity, which focused on using data to tell data stories by creating bar charts with LEGO® bricks.
Deepanjali Mishra
Anish Pyne
CMU students entering Hunt Library
Rishi Veerapaneni
Jimmy Wang
Christopher Blum
Lunar New Year at Hunt Library
A student worker hands a guest at Hunt Library a book.
Raouf Belkhir
Sunreeta Bhattacharya
Sage Explorer tool
AI on keyboard breaking through paper
Lara Abdelmohsen
Mary Anna Ebbert
Hunt Library made out of LEGO bricks.
Walking to the Sky installment at CMU
A book's pages folded into the shape of a heart
Vivian Shen at the 2025 3MT Championship
An igloo in front of The Fence at CMU campus with Hunt Library in the background.
De Fer Coffee & Tea in Hunt Library, CMU
Selection of books in the Black History Month reading list.
Andie the Scottish Terrier
Hunt Library in the snow
Hunt Library in the winter