At University of Houston Libraries, we’re redefining the research library, a place where ideas intersect, spaces inspire, and creativity and connections thrive. Your 2026 UH Giving Day support drives this transformation, helping us create a vibrant culture of research and learning that benefits students, faculty, and scholars. 

Preservation matters to student success and research productivity because it ensures long-term access to primary sources, which are the foundation of deep learning and scholarship.

This year, we’re featuring the Libraries Preservation General Fund for your Giving Day opportunity. Preservation is an ongoing effort to care for UH Libraries’ collections and ensure they are accessible well into the future. Gifts to the Preservation General Fund provide critical support for protecting materials and housing them in proper environments for long-term care.

Preservation matters to student success and research productivity because it ensures long-term access to primary sources, which are the foundation of deep learning and scholarship. Preservation protects rare, unique, and fragile materials that cannot be replaced. These materials serve as primary evidence for historical, cultural, scientific, and artistic inquiry. Without preservation, students and scholars would lose access to the original artifacts that empower authentic research output. Digitization also broadens access of primary source materials to students and researchers regardless of their location or physical ability to handle fragile items.

Watch Preserving Our Story, Propelling Our Future to learn more about UH Libraries’ preservation efforts.