Academic libraries have been trending away from a centralized campus space for collections to utilizing their footprint for flexible student-activity centered space. UNL found itself in need of a plan to retain and easily retrieve its collections, while still providing adequate space for campus and community uses. In 2005, UNL began construction of the Library Depository and Retrieval Facility on East Campus to provide a high density, temperature and humidity- controlled environment that would preserve our collections for a century. Learn about the special challenges involved in construction, the process used to select the items stored there, and the unique location system we use; then tour the facility to see how books are retrieved.