diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 63fb90c..fa5d6bd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ add_library(AnimTestbedCode OBJECT
         src/AnimGraph/AnimGraphResource.cc
         src/AnimGraph/AnimGraphResource.h
         src/AnimGraph/SyncTrack.cc
-        src/AnimGraph/SyncTrack.h)
+        src/AnimGraph/SyncTrack.h
+        src/AnimGraph/AnimLibrary.h
+)
 
 target_include_directories(
         AnimTestbedCode
@@ -150,6 +152,9 @@ target_sources(runtests PRIVATE
         tests/AnimGraphEvalTests.cc
         tests/NodeDescriptorTests.cc
         tests/SyncTrackTests.cc
+        tests/AnimDataTests.cc
+        tests/TestAnimData.cc
+        tests/TestAnimData.h
         tests/main.cc
         ${ozz_offline_test_objs}
 )
diff --git a/src/AnimGraph/AnimGraphData.h b/src/AnimGraph/AnimGraphData.h
index 6a82d87..af37321 100644
--- a/src/AnimGraph/AnimGraphData.h
+++ b/src/AnimGraph/AnimGraphData.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ struct AnimDataRef {
 
 struct AnimationResource {
   std::string m_name;
+  std::string m_filename;
+
   ozz::animation::Animation* m_animation;
   SyncTrack m_sync_track;
 };
@@ -42,8 +44,9 @@ inline void to_json(
     nlohmann::json& j,
     const AnimationResource& animation_resource) {
   j["type"] = "AnimationResource";
-  j["synctrack"] = animation_resource.m_sync_track;
   j["name"] = animation_resource.m_name;
+  j["filename"] = animation_resource.m_filename;
+  j["synctrack"] = animation_resource.m_sync_track;
 }
 
 inline void from_json(
@@ -51,8 +54,9 @@ inline void from_json(
     AnimationResource& animation_resource) {
   assert(j["type"] == "AnimationResource");
 
-  animation_resource.m_sync_track = j["synctrack"];
   animation_resource.m_name = j["name"];
+  animation_resource.m_filename = j["filename"];
+  animation_resource.m_sync_track = j["synctrack"];
 }
 
 struct AnimDataAllocator {
diff --git a/src/AnimGraph/AnimGraphNodes.cc b/src/AnimGraph/AnimGraphNodes.cc
index e9672ba..390a2ef 100644
--- a/src/AnimGraph/AnimGraphNodes.cc
+++ b/src/AnimGraph/AnimGraphNodes.cc
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ bool AnimSamplerNode::Init(AnimGraphContext& context) {
     archive >> *m_animation;
 
     context.m_animation_map[m_filename] = {
+        m_filename,
         m_filename,
         m_animation,
         SyncTrack()};
diff --git a/src/AnimGraph/AnimLibrary.h b/src/AnimGraph/AnimLibrary.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bef2e34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/AnimGraph/AnimLibrary.h
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+//
+// Created by martin on 11.04.25.
+//
+
+#ifndef ANIMATIONLIBRARY_H
+#define ANIMATIONLIBRARY_H
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "AnimGraph/AnimGraphData.h"
+#include "ozz/base/io/archive.h"
+#include "ozz/base/io/stream.h"
+#include "ozz/base/log.h"
+
+struct AnimLibrary {
+  typedef std::map<std::string, AnimationResource> AnimationResourceMap;
+  AnimationResourceMap mAnimations = {};
+  std::vector<ozz::animation::Animation*> mManagedAnimations = {};
+
+  AnimLibrary() = default;
+  ~AnimLibrary() { Reset(); }
+
+  // Move operators. Needed to avoid duplicate frees on the managed animations.
+  AnimLibrary(AnimLibrary&& other)
+      : mAnimations(std::move(other.mAnimations)),
+        mManagedAnimations(std::move(other.mManagedAnimations)) {};
+  AnimLibrary& operator=(AnimLibrary&& other) {
+    mAnimations = other.mAnimations;
+    mManagedAnimations = std::move(other.mManagedAnimations);
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  bool AddAnimation(
+      const std::string& name,
+      ozz::animation::Animation* animation) {
+    AnimationResource animation_resource;
+    animation_resource.m_name = name;
+    animation_resource.m_animation = animation;
+    mAnimations[name] = animation_resource;
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  bool AddAnimationFile(const std::string& name, const std::string& filename) {
+    if (mAnimations.find(name) != mAnimations.end()) {
+      std::cerr << "Cannot add animation '" << name
+                << "' to library. Animation already exists." << std::endl;
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    ozz::animation::Animation* animation = new ozz::animation::Animation;
+
+    assert(!filename.empty());
+    ozz::io::File file(filename.c_str(), "rb");
+    if (!file.opened()) {
+      ozz::log::Err() << "Failed to open animation file " << filename << "."
+                      << std::endl;
+      return false;
+    }
+    ozz::io::IArchive archive(&file);
+    if (!archive.TestTag<ozz::animation::Animation>()) {
+      ozz::log::Err() << "Failed to load animation instance from file "
+                      << filename << "." << std::endl;
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    // Once the tag is validated, reading cannot fail.
+    archive >> *animation;
+
+    mManagedAnimations.push_back(animation);
+
+    AnimationResource animation_resource;
+    animation_resource.m_name = name;
+    animation_resource.m_animation = animation;
+    animation_resource.m_filename = filename;
+
+    mAnimations[name] = animation_resource;
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  void Reset() {
+    for (ozz::animation::Animation* animation : mManagedAnimations) {
+      assert(animation->num_tracks() < 5);
+      delete animation;
+    }
+
+    mManagedAnimations.clear();
+    mAnimations.clear();
+  }
+};
+
+inline void to_json(nlohmann::json& j, const AnimLibrary& animation_library) {
+  j["type"] = "AnimationLibrary";
+
+  for (AnimLibrary::AnimationResourceMap::const_iterator iter =
+           animation_library.mAnimations.cbegin();
+       iter != animation_library.mAnimations.cend();
+       ++iter) {
+    j["animations"][iter->first] = iter->second;
+  }
+}
+
+inline void from_json(const nlohmann::json& j, AnimLibrary& animation_library) {
+  animation_library.Reset();
+
+  if (!j.contains("type") || j["type"] != "AnimationLibrary") {
+    std::cerr << "Invalid type. Expected 'AnimationLibrary'." << std::endl;
+  }
+
+  if (!j.contains("animations")) {
+    std::cerr << "Invalid AnimationLibrary. Expected 'animations' key."
+              << std::endl;
+  }
+
+  for (nlohmann::json::const_iterator iter = j["animations"].begin();
+       iter != j["animations"].cend();
+       ++iter) {
+    AnimationResource animation_resource = *iter;
+
+    if (!animation_resource.m_filename.empty()) {
+      animation_library.AddAnimationFile(
+          iter.key(),
+          j["animations"][iter.key()]["filename"]);
+      animation_library.mAnimations[iter.key()].m_sync_track =
+          animation_resource.m_sync_track;
+    } else {
+      animation_library.mAnimations[iter.key()] = *iter;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+#endif  //ANIMATIONLIBRARY_H
diff --git a/tests/AnimDataTests.cc b/tests/AnimDataTests.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d323fbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/AnimDataTests.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+//
+// Created by martin on 11.04.25.
+//
+
+#include "3rdparty/json/json.hpp"
+#include "AnimGraph/AnimLibrary.h"
+#include "TestAnimData.h"
+#include "catch.hpp"
+
+using namespace nlohmann;
+
+TEST_CASE("Serialize AnimLibrary", "[AnimLibrary]") {
+  AnimLibrary library;
+
+  TestAnimData::SingleBoneSkeleton single_bone_testdata;
+
+  REQUIRE(library.AddAnimationFile(
+      "translation_x",
+      single_bone_testdata.animation_translate_x_resource.m_filename));
+  REQUIRE(library.AddAnimationFile(
+      "translation_y",
+      single_bone_testdata.animation_translate_y_resource.m_filename));
+
+  // serialize
+  json library_data;
+  library_data = library;
+
+  // deserialize
+  AnimLibrary library_deserialized;
+  library_deserialized = library_data;
+
+  CHECK(library_deserialized.mAnimations.size() == library.mAnimations.size());
+  for (AnimLibrary::AnimationResourceMap::const_iterator iter =
+           library.mAnimations.cbegin();
+       iter != library.mAnimations.cend();
+       ++iter) {
+    CHECK(
+        library_deserialized.mAnimations.find(iter->first)
+        != library_deserialized.mAnimations.end());
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/AnimGraphEvalTests.cc b/tests/AnimGraphEvalTests.cc
index 1c8383b..f1771de 100644
--- a/tests/AnimGraphEvalTests.cc
+++ b/tests/AnimGraphEvalTests.cc
@@ -200,10 +200,12 @@ TEST_CASE_METHOD(
   graph_context.m_skeleton = skeleton.get();
   graph_context.m_animation_map["trans_x"] = {
       "trans_x",
+      "",
       animation_translate_x.get(),
       animation_translate_x_sync_track};
   graph_context.m_animation_map["trans_y"] = {
       "trans_y",
+      "",
       animation_translate_y.get(),
       animation_translate_y_sync_track};
 
diff --git a/tests/TestAnimData.cc b/tests/TestAnimData.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..199eea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/TestAnimData.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+//
+// Created by martin on 11.04.25.
+//
+
+#include "TestAnimData.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "ozz/animation/offline/animation_builder.h"
+#include "ozz/animation/offline/raw_animation.h"
+#include "ozz/animation/offline/raw_skeleton.h"
+#include "ozz/base/io/archive.h"
+#include "ozz/base/log.h"
+
+namespace TestAnimData {
+
+SingleBoneSkeleton::SingleBoneSkeleton() {
+  using namespace ozz::animation::offline;
+
+  RawSkeleton raw_skeleton;
+  RawSkeleton::Joint raw_joint;
+
+  raw_joint.name = "Bone0";
+  raw_joint.transform.translation.x = 1.f;
+  raw_joint.transform.translation.y = 2.f;
+  raw_joint.transform.translation.z = 3.f;
+
+  raw_skeleton.roots.push_back(raw_joint);
+
+  SkeletonBuilder skeleton_builder;
+  skeleton = skeleton_builder(raw_skeleton);
+
+  // SingleBoneSkeleton Animations
+  ozz::animation::offline::RawAnimation raw_animation_translation_x;
+  raw_animation_translation_x.name = "TranslationX";
+  RawAnimation::JointTrack bone0_track;
+  RawAnimation::JointTrack::Translations bone0_translations;
+
+  // animation_translate_x
+  RawAnimation::TranslationKey translation_key;
+  translation_key.time = 0.f;
+  translation_key.value = ozz::math::Float3(0.f, 0.f, 0.f);
+  bone0_translations.push_back(translation_key);
+
+  translation_key.time = 1.f;
+  translation_key.value = ozz::math::Float3(1.f, 0.f, 0.f);
+  bone0_translations.push_back(translation_key);
+
+  bone0_track.translations = bone0_translations;
+  raw_animation_translation_x.tracks.push_back(bone0_track);
+  raw_animation_translation_x.duration = 1.f;
+  if (!raw_animation_translation_x.Validate()) {
+    std::cerr << "Error: could animation raw data invalid!" << std::endl;
+  }
+
+  AnimationBuilder animation_builder;
+  animation_translate_x = animation_builder(raw_animation_translation_x);
+
+  animation_translate_x_resource.m_animation = animation_translate_x.get();
+  SaveAnimation("single_bone_translation_z.ozz", animation_translate_x.get());
+  animation_translate_x_resource.m_name = "single_bone_translation_z";
+  animation_translate_x_resource.m_filename = "single_bone_translation_z.ozz";
+
+  // animation_translate_y
+  ozz::animation::offline::RawAnimation raw_animation_translation_y;
+  raw_animation_translation_y.name = "TranslationY";
+  bone0_translations.clear();
+
+  translation_key.time = 0.f;
+  translation_key.value = ozz::math::Float3(0.f, 0.f, 0.f);
+  bone0_translations.push_back(translation_key);
+
+  translation_key.time = 1.f;
+  translation_key.value = ozz::math::Float3(0.f, 1.f, 0.f);
+  bone0_translations.push_back(translation_key);
+
+  bone0_track.translations = bone0_translations;
+  raw_animation_translation_y.tracks.push_back(bone0_track);
+  raw_animation_translation_y.duration = 1.f;
+  if (!raw_animation_translation_y.Validate()) {
+    std::cerr << "Error: could animation raw data invalid!" << std::endl;
+  }
+
+  animation_translate_y = animation_builder(raw_animation_translation_y);
+
+  animation_translate_y_resource.m_animation = animation_translate_y.get();
+  SaveAnimation("single_bone_translation_y.ozz", animation_translate_y.get());
+  animation_translate_y_resource.m_name = "single_bone_translation_y";
+  animation_translate_y_resource.m_filename = "single_bone_translation_y.ozz";
+}
+
+bool SingleBoneSkeleton::SaveSkeleton(
+    const char* filename,
+    ozz::animation::Skeleton* skeleton) {
+  assert(false);
+  return false;
+}
+
+bool SingleBoneSkeleton::SaveAnimation(
+    const char* filename,
+    ozz::animation::Animation* animation) {
+  ozz::io::File file(filename, "wb");
+  if (!file.opened()) {
+    ozz::log::Err() << "Failed to create animation file " << filename << "."
+                    << std::endl;
+    delete animation;
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  ozz::io::OArchive archive(&file);
+
+  archive << *animation;
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+}  // namespace TestAnimData
diff --git a/tests/TestAnimData.h b/tests/TestAnimData.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eac8254
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/TestAnimData.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+//
+// Created by martin on 11.04.25.
+//
+
+#ifndef TESTANIMDATA_H
+#define TESTANIMDATA_H
+
+#include "AnimGraph/AnimGraphData.h"
+#include "AnimGraph/SyncTrack.h"
+#include "ozz/animation/offline/skeleton_builder.h"
+#include "ozz/animation/runtime/animation.h"
+#include "ozz/animation/runtime/skeleton.h"
+
+namespace TestAnimData {
+
+struct SingleBoneSkeleton {
+  SingleBoneSkeleton();
+
+  ozz::unique_ptr<ozz::animation::Skeleton> skeleton = nullptr;
+
+  ozz::unique_ptr<ozz::animation::Animation> animation_translate_x = nullptr;
+  AnimationResource animation_translate_x_resource;
+  SyncTrack animation_translate_x_sync_track = {};
+
+  ozz::unique_ptr<ozz::animation::Animation> animation_translate_y = nullptr;
+  AnimationResource animation_translate_y_resource;
+  SyncTrack animation_translate_y_sync_track = {};
+
+  bool SaveSkeleton(const char* filename, ozz::animation::Skeleton* skeleton);
+  bool SaveAnimation(
+      const char* filename,
+      ozz::animation::Animation* animation);
+};
+
+}  // namespace TestAnimData
+
+#endif  //TESTANIMDATA_H