A project of comprehensive and systematic modernization of the Royal Library of Denmark was initiated in 1986, with the main aim of improving its accommodation and making its services more effective. The three working groups that were established produced a series of reports in the next three years, recommending inter alia that the Royal Library should continue to act as a humanities and social sciences library for the University of Copenhagen. Several innovations using new technology have been introduced since then, in particular the retrospective conversion of the card catalogue. The proposed building extensions have gradually won acceptance by the relevant ministries.
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