diff --git a/src/content-library/content-library.ts b/src/content-library/content-library.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..583dfe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content-library/content-library.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import type Activity from '../content-types/activity';
+import Article from '../content-types/article';
+import ContentLoader from './content-loader';
+
+class ContentLibrary {
+	loader: ContentLoader;
+	articles: Map<string, Article> = new Map<string, Article>();
+	activities: Map<string, Activity> = new Map<string, Activity>();
+
+	getArticle(id: string) {
+		return this.articles.get(id);
+	}
+
+	getActivity(id: string) {
+		return this.activities.get(id);
+	}
+
+	async initialize() {
+		const articles = await this.loader.loadArticles();
+		articles.forEach((article) => {
+			this.articles.set(article.id, article);
+		});
+		const activities = await this.loader.loadActivities();
+		activities.forEach((activity) => {
+			this.activities.set(activity.id, activity);
+		});
+	}
+
+	constructor() {
+		this.loader = new ContentLoader();
+	}
+}
+
+export default ContentLibrary;
diff --git a/src/content-library/content-loader.ts b/src/content-library/content-loader.ts
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+++ b/src/content-library/content-loader.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import Activity from '../content-types/activity';
+import Article from '../content-types/article';
+const loadedActivities = import.meta.glob('../content/activities/*', { eager: true });
+const loadedArticles = import.meta.glob('../content/articles/*', { eager: true });
+import.meta.glob('../scripts/*', { eager: true });
+
+class ContentLoader {
+	async loadArticles(): Promise<Article[]> {
+		const articles: Article[] = [];
+		Object.entries(loadedArticles).forEach(([, definition]) => {
+			const article = (definition as Record<string, Article>).default;
+			articles.push(article);
+		});
+		return articles;
+	}
+
+	async loadActivities(): Promise<Activity[]> {
+		const activities: Activity[] = [];
+		for (let i = 0; i < Object.entries(loadedActivities).length; i++) {
+			const module: [string, unknown] = Object.entries(loadedActivities)[i];
+			const rawActivity = (module[1] as Record<string, Activity>).default;
+			const importedScript = await import(rawActivity.scriptPath as string);
+			rawActivity.apply = importedScript.default;
+			activities.push(rawActivity);
+		}
+		return activities;
+	}
+
+	constructor() {}
+}
+
+export default ContentLoader;
diff --git a/src/content-types/activity.ts b/src/content-types/activity.ts
index d39650b..2b35713 100644
--- a/src/content-types/activity.ts
+++ b/src/content-types/activity.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 import BaseContentType from './base-content';
-import UIData from './ui-data';
 
 // An activity is a way for players to spend time in between each month of gameplay.
 // e.g. leisure, studying, working
 class Activity extends BaseContentType {
 	// Run any state changing effects of the activity.
-	apply: (/* player */) => void;
+	apply: (/* player */) => void = () => {
+		console.log('warning: apply not set on activity with id ' + this.id);
+		return;
+	};
 
-	constructor(id: string, uiData: UIData, applyFunction: () => void) {
-		super(id, uiData);
-		this.apply = applyFunction;
-	}
+	// for deserialization purposes
+	scriptPath: string = '';
 }
 
 export default Activity;
diff --git a/src/content/activities/test-activity.json b/src/content/activities/test-activity.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..672325c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content/activities/test-activity.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "id": "test-activity",
+    "scriptPath": "../scripts/test-activity",
+    "uiData": {
+        "description": "an activity for testing",
+        "name": "test activity"
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/content/articles/test-article.json b/src/content/articles/test-article.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cda0bd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content/articles/test-article.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "id": "test-article",
+    "uiData": {
+        "description": "an article for testing",
+        "name": "test article"
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/scripts/test-activity.ts b/src/scripts/test-activity.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d039642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripts/test-activity.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+const testFunction = function () {
+	console.log('test successful');
+};
+
+export default testFunction;