The collections taken together contain around 185.000 items on 4.000 linear metres of shelving. There are over 3.500 serial titles including almost 1.000 LIS periodicals. Around 1700 of the titles are current periodical titles. The LIS collection ranks among the world's largest of its kind. Stacks Many of the old books and serials in the LIS collection are found on open shelves in the stacks, C building cellar.
Entry is by elevator from the lending area.
The library lending rules apply equally to to stacked items. The library staff will perform subject searches only for non-student users. Theses written by the Library school students are for loan just as books. Thesaurus All LIS monographs and pamphlets have been indexed with thesaurus terms from a specially developed 3000 word thesarus. It is in Danish, but many of the terms are compatible with English terms.