It presently employs 7 people and, since 1997, it has been headed by R ta Pleska iauskien . The stocks contain books, periodicals, unique and small printed works, literary manuscripts and photographs.
Lithuanian studies is the subject for accumulation.
In 1998, an electronic catalogue and the Internet were installed, at present, the data bank of the stocks is being created. The Library facilitates the needs of the scientists of both Institutes only, other readers being served in the reading-room following the rules of the Library and the Archive. In 1909, a reading-room provided its facilities, however, the Library was closed by the Polish occupationists in 1938, while in 1940 it was acquired by the Institute of Lithuanian Studies and later, in 1941, it was put at the disposal of the Academy of Sciences of Lithuania. Books, naturally, make up the largest part of the Library stocks, which exceed the volume number of 100 000. It was also provided with the books of the Institute for Lithuanian Studies and the Archive of Lithuanian Folklore.