Welcome Message from the Dean

Dear University of Miami Community,

Welcome to the spring semester! Whether you are returning or joining us for the first time, the University of Miami Libraries are excited to support your academic journey.

This semester, we are spotlighting several new services and spaces designed with your success in mind.

• Creative Studio at Richter (now on the third floor) and Marta and Austin Weeks Music Libraries: Explore emerging technologies, borrow digital equipment, view a new student-curated exhibition, and dive into gaming and media tools at one-stop shop for all things creative.
• Laptop Lending Program: We have expanded our fleet with 24-hour and 1-week loan options. Check availability and learn more here.
• Individual and Group Study Pods: Ten individual pods in the Otto G. Richter Library and five modular group pods in the Louis Calder Memorial Library offer quiet and collaborative, self-serve study spaces.
• Reserve Your Testing Carrel: New individual study spaces are available for students taking professional and graduate study entrance exams like the LSAT, MCAT, or GRE, designed for silence, focus, and exam-day readiness.
• One Book, One U Keynote Event: Join us February 12 in the Kislak Center at the University of Miami to hear author Brit Bennett discuss her novel “The Vanishing Half.”
• Cuban Heritage Collection: Renovations were completed in October 2025. We invite you to visit our improved spaces and facilities in the Roberto C. Goizueta Pavilion.

Check out our video to learn how the Libraries can help you use generative AI both responsibly and effectively for your research and projects, and register for an upcoming AI workshop.

Also, University of Miami authors can now publish open access in over 900 hybrid and gold journals with no cost to the author under our new agreement with Sage Publishing.

No matter your interests, you can always count on the University of Miami Libraries to offer you a stimulating learning opportunity and a chance to cultivate new connections. Visit our Library Events page to learn more.

We look forward to welcoming you—online or in person—at any of our six libraries.

Connect with us today by visiting and exploring all that our libraries have to offer, and we invite you to join our mailing list.

Wishing you a successful and inspiring semester ahead!