Apart from independent publications, the library contains periodicals devoted mainly to South-Eastern Europe.
Material is selected and ordered and donations accepted according to strict, predetermined criteria.
The collection comprises books, periodicals, pamphlets, and offprints which concern Balkan issues and are published in one of the Balkan or West European languages or in Russian. There is also a special collection of books printed before 1870. The Library also maintains relations and follows an exchange programme with other research centres and libraries all over the world. The Library will soon be accessible on the Internet . During 1994, all the periodicals in the Library were entered into the computer, and a selection of articles in 40 periodicals issued from 1991 onwards were indexed.