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Strategy, history and leadership.

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Service standards that we measure our performance against.

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LSE Library Strategy guides the development of the Library and its services.

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Policies and rules governing use of LSE Library.

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Library Leadership Team consists of the Director and her senior management team.

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Library Collections Policy guides our staff in developing and managing our collections.

A picture of the corner of LSE Library (The British Library of Political and Economic Science) in the 1970s.

LSE Library history begins in 1896 with the formation of a Library of Political Science.

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