With over 28,000 volumes, Joslyn's Abrahams Library is one of the largest art research libraries in the state of Nebraska. Its primary purpose is to serve the research needs of Joslyn staff, docents, and volunteers. Its collection covers the entire history of art, with emphasis on the strengths of Joslyn's permanent collection: nineteenth- and twentieth-century American and European art, art of the American West, and American
Indian art. 

Throughout early 2012, the library will be open to the public on select Saturdays. Please call (402) 661-3825 for a recorded schedule.

Resources
The Abrahams Library has the following resources available:

Artist Files
Over 200 linear feet of artists' documents including, but not limited to, exhibition announcements, newspaper and magazine articles, reprints, correspondence, and exhibition catalogs. More than 8,000 artists are represented.

Museum Files
Calendars and newsletters for local and major national and international galleries and museums.

Reference Books
Approximately 1,000 volumes ranging from American art encyclopedias to world mythology and a lot in between.

Online Resources
Access to book and journal databases and the art reference collections. 

Archives
Extensive museum files covering many aspects of Joslyn's history and a modest collection of rare books. 

Periodicals
A selection of current periodicals and many more archival journal holdings, some dating back to the mid-nineteenth century.

Auction Catalogs
Current catalogs for Sotheby's, Christie's, Bonhams, Cowans, Phillips and many others. Extensive archival holdings for Sotheby's and Christie's.