Claim: Similar to the British Library of Political and Economic Science, The Shaw Library, or the Founder's Room, is a general-purpose library and a common room at the London School of Economics and Political Science located on the sixth floor of the Old Building.
Evidence: The Shaw Library, or the Founder's Room, is a general-purpose library and a common room at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Located on the sixth floor of the Old Building, the library is accessible to all members of the university. British Library of Political and Economic Science The British Library of Political and Economic Science, commonly referred to as "LSE Library", is the main library of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). It is the largest library in the world devoted to the social sciences. In addition, it provides a specialist international research collection, serving over 12,000 registered external users each year. The library is located on the London School of Economics (LSE) Campus, near Portugal Street. The Library was founded in 1896, one year after the LSE. It was founded in order to "provide, for the serious student of administrative and constitutional problems, what has hitherto been lacking in this country, namely a collection of the materials for economic and political research".