Publications are acquired not only for the Library of Congress, but also for more than 35 institutions that participate in the Cooperative Acquisitions Program.
Participants are primarily U.S. university libraries.
The Nairobi office catalogs all monographs and new serial titles that are acquired, and maintains files on all issues of newspapers and other serials that are received in Nairobi. In addition, the office publishes the Quarterly Index to Periodical Literature, Eastern and Southern Africa . These publications are made available free of charge to approximately 800 institutions throughout the world. Another aspect of the Nairobi office program is the preservation of African newspapers. The approximately 300 newspaper titles being received are being preserved on microfilm.