From High School Users College Students Grow: Providing Academic Library Research Opportunities to High School Students

The University of Nebraska was chartered by the Nebraska Legislature in 1869 as the state\u27s landgrant higher education institution to afford to the inhabitants of this State the means of acquiring a thorough knowledge of the various branches of literature, science and the arts. \u27 The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) University Libraries take this land-grant mission seriously, serving as a statewide resource and making the research collection available throughout the state to Nebraska citizens. The focus of this article is on the University Libraries\u27 service to one particular group of citizens-high school students. In the late 1980s, the libraries developed a high school users program as part of the library\u27s outreach efforts