The main activities of this unit are to number, locate, shelve and manage the thousands of books, periodicals, newspapers and other items that regularly arrive at the Library.

An effort is made to store the collections under the correct environmental conditions. Our shelves and bookstores comply with the BS5454 standard for the storage and exhibition of archival materials.

Members of this unit also return books used by readers to their correct shelf location.

Another important element of the unit’s work is to ensure that fragile volumes from the collections receive conservation treatment when needed. The unit also prepares current newspapers for microfilming.