Z Library Italiano

[Roshan Fried]

Aftera long work of renewal of its catalog that has led to the inclusion of hundreds of new titles and new thematic sections, the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago announces the reopening to the public of its library, that will be accessible again for consultations and loans from March 21st.

The library of the Istituto has a catalog of almost 4000 titles including books and DVDs. The collection includes, among others, a large section dedicated to Italian fiction, specialized and thematic collections, and a section dedicated to children and young readers.

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However, the Library of our Institute is truly special in that it is the only library on British soil whose collections are totally and exclusively dedicated to the promotion and divulgation of the Italian Language and of Italian Culture.

Literature is a mirror and an image of reality and represents it like a filter which preserves the humours, feelings and sentiments of a culture and diffuses it into its immediate surroundings. Books, especially when written in their native language, form a precious and eloquent reflection on thousands of small details which would otherwise escape our attention, they are priceless testament of profound and important aspects of a country and provide a true and accurate measure of the soul of its inhabitants.

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The library of the Italian Institute of Culture of Chicago offers consultation and lending services to the public, with a catalog of almost 4000 titles including books and DVDs. The collection includes, among others, a large section dedicated to Italian fiction, specialized and thematic collections, and a section dedicated to children and young readers.

The library material is updated through the purchase of recent publications/productions, including the original editions produced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture, and thanks to donations from private individuals and from publishing houses.

The digital lending platform grants you access to some of the most prominent Italian and international newspapers, and the largest collection of content from all Italian libraries, allowing you to connect to the first Italian network of public, academic and scholastic libraries. To date, this network includes more than 5,500 libraries from 19 Italian regions and 9 foreign countries.

Library materials, except for parts of the collection that cannot be moved for conservation reasons, can be borrowed for a maximum of 30 days (books) or 15 days (DVD). Please note that a $50 cash deposit is required and will be refunded upon return of the materials.

The Italian Cultural Institute may not be held liable for any infringement and / or breach of Copyright Laws and Regulations perpetrated by the borrower of such materials. Publications borrowed remain the property of the Italian Cultural Institute at all times.

The Italian Cultural Institute library.

The library of the Institute has over 5.587 mainly Italian books and journals of various genres. Topics range from art, literature, music, philosophy and theatre to science, politics, history, geography, religion and social science. The library also offers a large number of CDs, CD-ROMs and DVDs of Italian films subtitled.

The library database is continually being updated with our regular and ongoing stream of acquisitions including books, local and international periodicals and modern encyclopedias. The updating occurs through recent publications, and consignments on behalf of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Cultural Activities & Heritage and Publishers.

Access and consultation

The consultation is possible in the morning, from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 1 pm; in the afternoon, from Monday to Friday from 2 pm to 5 pm. The access is free. Books and journals can be consulted in the reading room on the main floor.

Borrowing service

Members and students of the Institute, but also university students and researchers, may borrow books for a period not exceeding 30 days, DVDs for a period of one week, though these may, in turn, be re-borrowed upon request by phone or by email.

Disclaimer

The Italian Cultural Insitute may not be held liable for any infringement and/or breach of Copyright Laws and Regulations perpetrated by the borrower of such materials.

Publications borrowed remain the property of the Italian Cultural Institute at all times.

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The National Library Service of Italy (Italian: Servizio bibliotecario nazionale, SBN) is a Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities promoted network of Italian libraries, in collaboration with Regions and Universities, and coordinated by the Central Institute for the Union Catalogue of Italian Libraries and Bibliographic Information (Italian: Istituto centrale per il catalogo unico delle biblioteche italiane e per le informazioni bibliografiche, ICCU).

The project for the National Library System is born with the goal of overcoming the fragmentation of, and fostering the co-operation among, Italian library structures, on the impulse of the National Conference of Italian Libraries held in Rome from 22 to 24 January 1979. It was designed by Angela Vinay (Director of ICCU) and Michel Boisset (Director of the European University Institute Library),[1] in collaboration with a group of librarians and computer scientists. The planning phase was officially started on 4 April 1980, with the establishment of an experts' commission made up of representatives from the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (MCHA), the ICCU, the National Central Library of Florence, the European University Institute and the National Research Council.

In 1985, the first two Poles were established, those of the National Central Libraries of Rome and Florence. From 1987 to 1990, the project "Library Heritage System" (Italian: Sistema beni librari) made it possible to recover the catalogues of the National Italian Bibliography (Bibliografia nazionale italiana, BNI), the Bulletin of Foreign Modern Works (Bollettino delle opere moderne straniere, BOMS) and other catalogues related to music and Southern Italy-theme funds, which came to constitute the first substantial nucleus of the catalogue. In 1992, the protocol of understanding MCHA-Regions was extended to the Ministry of University and Scientific and Technological Research involving many university libraries in the project.[5] In addition, through the connection of more Poles to the SBN network, the national network was officially activated.

In 1996 a feasibility study was started to create a single database, integrating the previous ones related to modern books, ancient books and music,[6] and enable the management of graphic and cartographic material, also allowing a certain degree of interoperability with programs not developed within SBN.[7]

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