For 95 years starting in 1900, this was the location of the Gothenburg City Library. It then became the Literature and Journals Library and, in 2013, it was renamed again as the Library for Social Sciences. Among its collection are a large number of historic newspapers. The Samhällsvetenskapliga Biblioteket is one of ten libraries under the Swedish name Göteborgs Universitetsbibliotek or, in English, Gothenburg University Library. This collection is managed as a state institution.
