The basic purpose of LNEC Library, a documentation centre specialised in civil engineering and like sciences, is to provide support to LNEC expert staff in their scientific research and technological development studies within LNEC’s activity field.

From a viewpoint of dissemination of knowledge, it permits the access, for consultation, to its bibliographic collection to all persons interested, even those outside the institution. However, the borrowing of documents is not available for users outside LNEC, except within the framework of inter-library agreements.

LNEC Library has about 145,000 volumes, of which 20,000 are LNEC publications including reports, 30,000 standards and 2,400 titles of magazines obtained either by purchase or by exchange with about 1,000 kindred bodies all over the world.

LNEC Library is located at Building Manuel Rocha and is open from Monday to Friday, from 09.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and from 02.00 p.m. to 05.30 p.m.

The alterations to the schedule of the reading room shall always be disclosed at least twenty four hours in advance, both by notice posted on a visible site of the library and by notice on LNEC’s web site.