Pages to Paths is a yearlong campaign of events, activities, and initiatives that celebrate the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries—its history, its people, and its evolving role in the state’s research and learning landscape. We invite you to celebrate with us!
Through this 2025-26 campaign, we mark five major milestones that reflect how we’ve grown in response to the changing needs of students, faculty, and communities. The five key anniversaries are: 80 years since Love Library opened to students, 50 years since the opening of Love Library North, 20 years since the founding of the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, and 10 and 5 years since the openings of the Adele Hall and Dinsdale Family Learning Commons, respectively.
Pages to Paths invites students, faculty, alumni, and Nebraska residents to engage with the Libraries' past and contribute to shaping our future. Here are some of the upcoming activities open to students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the Nebraska Community
• Launch of UNL Libraries Latte Crunch, Dairy Store’s new flavor for 2025-26. September 2, 1:00-4:00 p.m. Members of Libraries leadership will be outside under the Link scooping Latte Crunch in cups or waffle cones.
• Opening Reception for Signature Exhibit in the UNL Libraries, featuring UNL alum, artist Karen Blessen – September 18, 5:00-6:30 p.m., Love Library second floor. Open to the public.
• “Campus Memories in Motion,” Husker History, October 2, 3:00-5:00 p.m. in the lower level of Love Library South. Interact with featured archival materials and contribute your campus memory to a crowd-sourced art journal. RSVPs recommended.
We have also planned invitational events for Libraries donors and alumni including a Tailgate for Nebraska Volleyball Fans who “DIG” Libraries on September 24 and hosting the NU Foundation Burnett Society on October 3.
According to Liz Lorang, Dean of Libraries, these milestones, spanning from 1943 to 2021, reflect key turning points in a much longer story.
“The Libraries have supported generations of Nebraskans in their academic and professional journeys,” said Lorang, “Our story continues to unfold, shaped by new questions, new technologies, and new opportunities to serve.”
A Steering Committee composed of faculty, students, donors, and key campus-wide administrators advised the Libraries on the celebratory efforts that will take place throughout the academic year. Future events planned are a competition for students to imagine the future of academic research libraries, activities in Love Library during several football Saturdays, and senior library leaders on listening tours of the campus and state.
For more information follow the Pages to Paths website.
More details at: https://libraries.unl.edu/about/pages-paths-initiative/