My experience working at Davis Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and my course-work at the School of Information and Library Science have let me learn the reality of American university libraries and academic programs. All of this insight allows me to contrast this to the Spanish context and to reflect and evaluate both from the perspective of a Spanish librarian. The collection development departments, the Triangle Research Library Network, the use of chat reference and the instruction in the School of Library and information science allow us to understand a different world and culture that enriches us and broadens our vision from which we can all learn.