The Library automatically receives one copy of each new title published by the following university, institutional and commercial presses.
| Algonquin Press of Chapel Hill | Huntington Library |
| AMACOM | Janus Press |
| American Library Association | Jargon Society |
| American Nurses Association | Lone Eagle |
| American Society for Microbiology | National League for Nursing |
| Bird and Bull | Nick Hern |
| Brown & Benchmark | North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources |
| Dominis | Oberon Books |
| Dramatists Play Service | Perishable Press |
| Free Press | Playwrights Canada Press |
| George Braziller | Sagamore Publishing |
| Harvard Business School | Theatre Communications |
| Health Administration | University of North Carolina Press |
| Human Kinetics (North Carolina only) | Venture Publishing |