Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library

The university moved from its North Omaha location in 1938, and the library was relocated into the new Administration Building (which later became Arts and Sciences Hall) on the new campus.

[1][2] In 1976, UNO built a Brutalist structure to house the library renamed in honor of Mutual of Omaha's founder, Dr. C.C.

Several group and individual study rooms were added throughout the building, the Marion E. and Barbara B. Tritsch Garden was created on the lower level and the H. Don and Connie J. Osborne Family Gallery was established on the main level, which hosts special gallery events and exhibits.

The collection contains over 20,000 items, including a number of rare documents, such as the illuminated/decorated manuscript of "Haft Aurang", and poems by Jami (1414–1492).

Recent acquisitions to the collection include a mobile by Mel Ritsau installed below the central skylight on the second floor/main level and first floor entrance at the end of the building renovation in 2009, and an untitled monumental head sculpture by Jun Kaneko added to the Kahn addition of the library in 2006.