The following medical institutions and societies have also transferred their own private libraries to the Scientific Library: Seminarjum Historji i Filozofii Medycyny U. J. K. we Lwowie, Towarzystwo aptekarskie we Lwowie, Zaklad Historji Medycyny U.J.K. we Lwowie, Biblioteka Kliniki dziecięcej we Lwowie, Zaklad farmakologji Uniwersytetu Jana Kazimierza we Lwowie, Akademia Towarzystwa Medikὸw Ẑydowskich we Lwowie, C.K. Krajowy referent spraw zdrowia, Biblioteka Zygmunta Leszczynskiego we Lwowie, Muzeum Historyi Medycyny w Uniwersytecie Jagiellońskim, and Towarzystwo Lekarzy Galicyjskich. At last count, the Scientific Library has 582,297 books. The most important and rare books in the library:  In 2007, the Scientific Library was the venue of a conference titled "Medical Libraries of Ukraine on the way to the Knowledge Society", which was organized by the Ministry of Healthcare of Ukraine, the National Scientific Medical Library, and the Ukrainian Library Association. The conference discussed the current state of medical libraries in Ukraine, development trends towards the formation of a knowledge society, ways to provide integrated technology in medicine and pharmacy, and the prospects of forming a multifunctional, medical, electronic library. In 2012, as part of an agreement between Danylo Halytskyi LNMU and the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the universities jointly conducted bibliographic research and eight articles about famous Ukrainian, Austrian, and Polish scientists were published in the "Austrian Biographical Lexicon", or the "Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950", a scientific publication of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. An important department of the library is that of educational literature, which was established in 1971, and for students' convenience is situated in the theoretical building of the university on Schimseriv 3 Street (formerly Side Pekarska). With its two reading rooms and two loan departments, the department aims to provide the students of the university with quality textbooks and teaching materials. In September 2002, the loan department of English literature was established.