In the US it depends, but I'd venture a guess and say most public university libraries are open at least regularly to the general public. Most of the schools in

In the US it depends, but I'd venture a guess and say most public university libraries are open at least regularly to the general public. Most of the schools in my state are on this [1] list, and most law libraries I've encountered are also open to the public as well. After hours access is usually restricted to those with a library card though. [1] http://www.gpoaccess.gov/libraries.html http://www.gpoaccess.gov/libraries.html