Fonds contains records related to the founding and ongoing operations of the University Library, including correspondence; memoranda; meeting minutes, agendas; policies, regulations; financial records, reports; and proposals for a new Library building. Consists of 13 series: library policies, librarians' report, financial records, administrative records, publications, circulation records, committee records, correspondence, special collections reports, displays, reference statistics, library premises, and publications.

Series consists of accessions lists, donations, catalogues, serials, and weeding lists from 1859-2007. Details of all books acquired by the Library, including accessions and donations lists, are included in the series, as well as lists of books withdrawn from the Library's collections from 1983-2002. Most of the accessions lists are in bound volumes shelved separately. Series includes accession book from the Smith Memorial Library, a former recreational reading collection maintained for students living in campus residences.

Accessions lists are maintained to record additions to the Library's collections. A newly received book is given a unique accession number and added to the accessions list. Books that are withdrawn are noted on weeding lists. Accessions lists have been maintained for most of the Library's history in Halifax. Catalogues and lists of books exist from the Library in Windsor.

Series contains early registers of books borrowed from the Library; circulation reports from the head of circulation to the Librarian, detailing circulation statistics such as patron usage, fees incurred, and loans. There are files pertaining to the implementation of the Novanet system, including correspondence between King's and other Nova Scotia libraries.

Sub-series consists of student and members lists; applications; cancellations, rejections lists; statistics; flyers; reports; forms; conference materials; audits; and other various records.