Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and computer readable media to provide access to items of removable storage media identified using globally unique identifiers. In a particular embodiment, a method provides assigning a first globally unique identifier to a first item of removable storage media. The method further provides receiving a first request to access the first item. The first request includes the first globally unique identifier. In response to the first request, the method provides using the first globally unique identifier to determine a location of the first item from a plurality of removable storage media items and providing access to the first item.