The library system, which serves Florida's twelve public universities, is one of the largest in the world, with more than 18 million items.

[2] Though each campus library is separate, they share a reciprocal borrowing agreement known as the Florida Distance Learning Initiative, signed on February 9, 1999.

[3] The physical collections are scattered across each of the SUS campuses.

Their collections and stand-alone library buildings are listed below.

Due to organizational differences, having more libraries does not directly translate into a higher volume of specific collections of materials.