Areas of Responsibility

• To collect, process and provide access to the resources in the field of library science and other related sciences and professions.
• To provide reference and information services, and educational activities.
• Lending the library material held in the collection.
• To edit and publish the newsletter »Library News«.

Holdings

The professional collection holds materials in library science and other related fields and professions (information science, documentation, publishing, printing, etc.). The library material is recorded in the Slovenian Union Catalogue, their location is indicated by the symbol »b« preceding the shelf mark.
The complete Library and Information Science Collection consists of more than 33.000 units. Due to shortage of space, the majority of the material is stored in the main stacks, whereas the circulating and reference collection kept on the premises consists of 4.800 fundamental research-level and current monographs. The latter is supplemented by:

• a comprehensive collection of current journals in the field of library science – 150 titles in English, German, French and Italian (the last five volumes are available in the Collection‛s Reading Room, the older volumes are located in the main stacks), and all Slovenian journals in the field of library science:
• diploma works, and bachelor and doctoral theses in the library science;
• reference books (e.g. Encyclopaedia of Library and Information Science, professional dictionaries, etc.);
• grey literature (national and international conference proceedings, library leaflets and guides, library promotional material)