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=== Libraries and archives ===
{{Main|British Library of Political and Economic Science|Women's Library|LSE Shaw Library}}[[File:Lse library interior.jpg|thumb|right|The interior of the main LSE library, designed by [[Norman Foster (architect)|Norman Foster]]]]LSE's main library, the [[British Library of Political and Economic Science]], is located in the [[Lionel Robbins]] Building, which reopened in 2001 following a two-year renovation by [[Foster and Partners]]. Founded in 1896, it is the world's largest library dedicated to social sciences and the United Kingdom's national social sciences library.<ref name="Science">{{Cite web |author=London School of Economics and Political Science |title=History of LSE Library |url=https://www.lse.ac.uk/library/about/history-of-lse-library.aspx |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=London School of Economics and Political Science |language=en-GB |archive-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710221228/https://www.lse.ac.uk/library/about/history-of-lse-library |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New British Library of Political and Economic Science at the LSE Opens |publisher=Foster + Partners |url=https://www.fosterandpartners.com/news/archive/2001/07/new-british-library-of-political-and-economic-science-at-the-lse-opens/ |access-date=2022-03-31 |language=en |archive-date=18 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118050540/https://www.fosterandpartners.com/news/archive/2001/07/new-british-library-of-political-and-economic-science-at-the-lse-opens/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Its collections are recognised for their national and international significance and hold 'Designation' status by the [[Museums, Libraries and Archives Council]] (MLA).<ref>{{Cite web |title=LSE Library on JSTOR |url=https://www.jstor.org/publisher/lselib |access-date=2022-03-30 |archive-date=30 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330125856/https://www.jstor.org/publisher/lselib |url-status=live }}</ref> The library welcomes 1.8 million visits per year by students, staff, and the public and contains over 4 million print volumes, 60,000 online journals, and 29,000 electronic books.<ref>{{cite web|title=LSE Library annual report 2012/13|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/about/news/annualReport/home.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219214129/http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/about/news/annualReport/home.aspx|archive-date=19 December 2013|access-date=19 December 2013|publisher=London School of Economics}}</ref> The Digital Library contains digitised material from LSE Library collections and also [[born-digital]] material that has been collected and preserved in digital formats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://digital.library.lse.ac.uk/|title=Welcome to the digital library|access-date=19 December 2013|publisher=London School of Economics|archive-date=19 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219183703/http://digital.library.lse.ac.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Women's Library]], Britain's main library and archive on women and the [[women's movement]], is located in a purpose-built facility with a reading room and exhibition space in the Lionel Robbins Building. The library relocated from [[London Metropolitan University]] in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Maev |date=2014-03-10 |title=Women's Library to reopen doors at London School of Economics |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/mar/10/womens-library-reopen-london-school-economics-lse |access-date=2021-03-11 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410203105/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/mar/10/womens-library-reopen-london-school-economics-lse |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=12 May 2010 |title=Visitors' Library Guide |url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/guides/VisitorsLibraryGuide.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327092321/http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/guides/VisitorsLibraryGuide.pdf |archive-date=27 March 2009 |access-date=23 October 2011 |publisher=London School of Economics}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=London School of Economics and Political Science |title=The Women's Library |url=https://www.lse.ac.uk/library/collection-highlights/the-womens-library.aspx |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=London School of Economics and Political Science |language=en-GB |archive-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710221735/https://www.lse.ac.uk/library/collection-highlights/the-womens-library |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A new home for The Women's Library – London Metropolitan University |url=https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/news/press-releases/press-releases-2012/a-new-home-for-the-womens-library/ |access-date=2021-03-11 |website=londonmet.ac.uk |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415040414/https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/news/press-releases/press-releases-2012/a-new-home-for-the-womens-library/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[LSE Shaw Library|Shaw Library]], housed in the Founders' Room in the Old Building, contains the school's collection of fiction and general readings. It functions as a general-purpose reading and common room and hosts lunchtime music concerts, press launches, and the [[Fabian Window]], which was unveiled by Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Donnelly |first=Sue |title=#LSEWomen: Charlotte Shaw's LSE legacy – the Shaw Library {{!}} LSE History |work=LSE History |date=13 August 2015 |url=https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2015/08/13/charlotte-shaws-legacy-the-shaw-library/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |archive-date=30 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330103310/https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2015/08/13/charlotte-shaws-legacy-the-shaw-library/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=Andrew |date=April 28, 2006 |title=Wit, wisdom and windows |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4944100.stm |access-date=March 30, 2022 |archive-date=30 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330125904/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4944100.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Several subject-specific libraries exist at LSE, including the Seligman Library for Anthropology, the Himmelweit Library for Social Psychology, the Leverhulme Library for Statistics, the Robert McKenzie Library for Sociology, the Michael Wise Library for Geography, and the Gender Institute Library. Additionally, LSE staff and some students are permitted to access and borrow items from [[Senate House (University of London)|Senate House]] Library, the [[SOAS University of London|SOAS]] Library, and select institutions through the [[Society of College, National and University Libraries|SCONUL]] Access scheme.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Membership |url=https://london.ac.uk/senate-house-library/membership |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=University of London |language=en |archive-date=16 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516150344/https://london.ac.uk/senate-house-library/membership |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=University of London, SOAS Library, SOAS, University of London |url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/library/using/admission/londonuni/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=soas.ac.uk |language=en |archive-date=2 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302185555/https://www.soas.ac.uk/library/using/admission/londonuni/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=London School of Economics and Political Science |title=Using the space and facilities |url=https://www.lse.ac.uk/library/using-the-library/using-the-space-and-facilities.aspx |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=London School of Economics and Political Science |language=en-GB |archive-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710221804/https://www.lse.ac.uk/library/using-the-library/using-the-space-and-facilities |url-status=live }}</ref>