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Founded in 1946, the Mainz University Library is today a modern service facility with holdings of more than 3.5 million printed items and over 110,000 e-books and e-journals as well as a comprehensive range of information and training services. The present account traces that development from its beginnings to 2011, highlighting in particular the first establishment of the library in the immediate post-war period and its structural change from a two-tier library system to an integrated library system. Andreas Brandtner's contribution dealing with strategic positioning, organizational development, and the assumption of new tasks between 2011 and 2018 brings the volume up to date.