Thursday the 29th of July 2021
Summer opening hours
The Library will be closed from Monday the 2nd to Friday the 20th of August.
Normal library opening times will resume on Monday 23 August.
Interlibrary loan service is suspended until the 27 August.
Happy holidays!
Friday the 16th of April 2021
New opening hours
Monday- Friday : 9.00 am - 4.00 pm
For the sake of public health and safety the library only provide loan services (reservation required through the Catalogue Minerva), return and consultation services (reservation required via the web or the App lezioniUnimi), photocopies and print service. Access to the rooms will be allowed in compliance with the safety measures required by the health emergency.
Reading room
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Loan service
Loan requests MUST be submitted through the University Catalogue.
What you need to do:
Remember that it can take a few days from your request to the book being available for pick-up, but you have a week to collect it.
Access to the loan points will be regulated in compliance with Covid-19 safety measures. At the entrance of the university buildings, your body temperature will be measured (if it is higher than 37.5 you will not be allowed to enter or return books). You will then be asked to stand in line at the library entrance, observing distancing provisions. Procedures and times have been designed to ensure safety for both users and staff. However, should the daily influx exceed the library capacity, we may consider providing the loan service by appointment only.
All other services continue remotely. For more information see #bibliounimidacasa
The library material is available to students, Erasmus students, University’s teaching staff, visiting professors, University staff, staff from partner institutions and external users who have an interest in the collections.
The collections held in the biomedical libraries are also available to users from affiliated hospital centres.
Users can consult the Digital Library resources (for example biomedical e-books), as well as the free online resources (books, dictionaries and atlases), from the computer terminals. University students, teaching staff and personnel can also log in to the Digital Library off-campus using their university email login details.
Wherever possible, the collections are on open shelves: books, journals and other materials, located in the reading rooms or in other rooms, that can be accessed directly by users.
To access materials located in reserved reading rooms or on closed stacks, readers must submit a request to the library staff: they are normally retrieved at the time of request, except when the storage area is located off-site or when the organization of individual libraries does not allow for this.
The reading room is primarily intended for the use of the collections and services. Admission to the reading room for the purpose of study using personal materials is permitted on a seat availability basis, as verified by library staff.
For more information, please consult the Library services.
Students and those of similar status | University teaching staff, technical and administrative staff, staff from partner institutions, and those of similar status | External users with Malleveria* | |
How many items? | at least 20 volumes | least 20 volumes | 3 volumes |
For how long? | 30 days | 60 days | 30 days |
Loan renewals | 60 days as a whole (30 day each renewal) | 120 days as a whole (60 day each renewal) | 60 days as a whole (30 day each renewal) |
Biomedical and Science Libraries | |
How many items? | 4 volumes |
For how long? | 30 days |
Loan renewals | 60 days as a whole (30 day each renewal) |
c) Intrasystem loans
Service | Number of requests |
Interlibrary loan | at least 3 concurrent requests |
Document Delivery | at least 5 requests per week |
Delays in returning documents received through the interlibrary loan system, and damage to or failure to return borrowed materials will result in sanctions as envisaged under the borrowing service.
Library staff help users navigate the library services in the first instance and to provide basic assistance for searching the catalogues and using the printed and digital collections.
With regard to the library's field of specialisation, by appointment the library provides personal assistance for specialist bibliographicale searches and compilation of bibliographies, and help in developing effective search strategies. It also offers tips for the advanced use of catalogues and other bibliographic search tools, both printed and online, as well as help in finding information and even documents where possible.
To make an appointment please contact the Library.
The library subscribes to ‘Ask a Librarian’, the online reference service.
The library offers all users a self-service photocopying service which allows them to make photocopies and send print jobs from the library’s computer terminals , or their personal smartphones, tablets and PCs.
Service charges can be paid using the University badge distributed to students (Carta La Statale) or with cards which can be purchased from automatic card dispensers located on the University's premises.
Italian copyright law permits photocopying of up to 15% of the pages in a printed volume or journal issue. It is possible to print copies of Digital Library search results within the limits of individual licence agreements with publishers.
Photocopying is not permitted where there is any risk to the condition of the material.
The PCs in the library provide access to the University Catalogue, the University Library Service portal, the Digital Library and other key online resources for study and research.
Users must identify themselves using their University login details.
Users who have a University email account can access the University’s wireless network from their own computers, smartphones or tablets in Eduroam mode. The service is also available to external users from member institutions of the Eduroam Federation of Universities and Research Institutes (access to the Digital Library is not available to logged in external users).
The libraries offer orientation and training sessions on the services, resources and tools available in its area of specialisation, with the general aim of improving information literacy.
Classes are taught in Italian. The schedule of courses and information in Italian are available on the University’s library service portal.