diff --git a/src/nvcore/CMakeLists.txt b/src/nvcore/CMakeLists.txt
index e376686..435f907 100644
--- a/src/nvcore/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/nvcore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ SET(CORE_SRCS
 	TextWriter.h
 	TextWriter.cpp
 	Radix.h
-	Radix.cpp)
+	Radix.cpp
+	Library.h
+	Library.cpp)
 
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 
diff --git a/src/nvcore/Library.cpp b/src/nvcore/Library.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..179239c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nvcore/Library.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+
+#include "Library.h"
+#include "Debug.h"
+
+#if NV_OS_WIN32
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#define VC_EXTRALEAN
+#include <windows.h>
+#else
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#endif
+
+
+
+void * nvLoadLibrary(const char * name)
+{
+#if NV_OS_WIN32
+	return (void *)LoadLibraryExA( name, NULL, 0 );
+#else
+	return dlopen(name, RTLD_LAZY);
+#endif
+}
+
+void nvUnloadLibrary(void * handle)
+{
+	nvDebugCheck(handle != NULL);
+#if NV_OS_WIN32
+	FreeLibrary((HMODULE)handle);
+#else
+	dlclose(handle);
+#endif
+}
+
+void * nvBindSymbol(void * handle, const char * symbol)
+{
+#if NV_OS_WIN32
+	return (void *)GetProcAddress((HMODULE)handle, symbol);
+#else
+	return (void *)dlsym(handle, symbol);
+#endif	
+}
diff --git a/src/nvcore/Library.h b/src/nvcore/Library.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee7d416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nvcore/Library.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// This code is in the public domain -- castano@gmail.com
+
+#ifndef NV_CORE_LIBRARY_H
+#define NV_CORE_LIBRARY_H
+
+#include <nvcore/nvcore.h>
+
+#if NV_OS_WIN32
+#define LIBRARY_NAME(name)	#name ".dll"
+#elif NV_OS_DARWIN
+#define NV_LIBRARY_NAME(name)	"lib" #name ".dylib"
+#else
+#define NV_LIBRARY_NAME(name)	"lib" #name ".so"
+#endif
+
+NVCORE_API void * nvLoadLibrary(const char * name);
+NVCORE_API void nvUnloadLibrary(void * lib);
+NVCORE_API void * nvBindSymbol(void * lib, const char * symbol);
+
+class NVCORE_CLASS Library
+{
+public:
+	Library(const char * name)
+	{
+		handle = nvLoadLibrary(name);
+	}
+	~Library()
+	{
+		if (isValid())
+		{
+			nvUnloadLibrary(handle);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	bool isValid() const
+	{
+		return handle != NULL;
+	}
+	
+	void * bindSymbol(const char * symbol)
+	{
+		return nvBindSymbol(handle, symbol);
+	}
+	
+private:
+	void * handle;
+};
+
+
+#endif // NV_CORE_LIBRARY_H