How can I lose the Library folder in my Users folder?

I have Time Machine running and it is doing a good job backing up my mail among other things. It shows my mailboxes as being backed up from a Library folder in my Users folder. However on my Mac the Library folder does not show up in the Users folder. Where one would expect to find it - between Downloads and Movies - there is nothing. Can anyone tell me where it might have gone? Obviously the data within is still there somewhere and Mail is functioning normally. Have I somehow managed to hide it in some security setting?

On OS X Lion and Mountain Lion, ~/Library (being ~ your user folder) is hidden by default. However, you can access to it by two ways. However, you only need one, because you have to unhide the folder.
To unhide the folder, open Terminal and type:
chflags nohidden ~/Library
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