A typical floor has a carpet area of about 6000 sq. The library opens from 9 A.M. to 10 P.M. on all days of the week round the year except for two months, i.e. for one month each during Semester Examination when it opens till 12 o'clock midnight. The library has a collection of about 4.5 lakhs, which includes, books, periodicals, serials and non-book material. The collection is housed subject-wise under three major streams, viz. Social, Sciences and Humanities.
JNU library is housed in a nine-story building.
Being in the middle of the academic complex, it is easily accessed from all buildings in the academic complex. The library has in its fold Exim Library which specializes in Economics Collection. Established in 1969, it incorporates the library of prestigious Indian School of International Studies, which was merged with Jawaharlal Nehru University, since then. The library has a collection of Books, serials, and Non book material at the tune of 4.6 lakhs approximately. It is subscribing around 1000 serials and is in mailing list of nearly all leading Newspapers of the world.