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Arezzo Town Library
Via dei Pileati, 8 – 52100 Arezzo
Tel.: +39 (0)575 22849 Fax: +39 (0)575 370419
E-mail: info@bibliotecarezzo.it
Open Monday to Friday 8.30 am-7.30 pm and Saturdays 8.30 am-1.30 pm.

Our services

Reading rooms (Gamurrini room and adjoining room), 1st floor.

The Gamurrini reading room has an overall capacity of 72 seated places. Each desk is equipped with individual reading lights and power outlets to plug-in your PC. Printed works are available for direct consultation on open shelves. The adjoining room offers 48 seated places; here patrons can consult from open shelves volumes included in the Bibliografia Aretina to carry out research in local history. The reading rooms may be accessed only by patrons for study and consultation purposes.

Manuscript and rarity room (Redi room), first floor

The room is reserved for patrons wishing to consult valuable manuscripts and antique materials. Catalogues, records and bibliographic tools for the study of antique materials may be freely consulted in the room.

Local loans

Book loans are offered only to patrons residing in the province of Arezzo and over 14 years of age. Loans are also offered to people who despite not being domiciled in the province of Arezzo carry out their professional or student activities in the Arezzo area; such status should be attested to by said person’s employer or by the school or University institution the person is attending.  A maximum of two works (for a maximum of 4 volumes) may be checked out at one time. Book loans are for a maximum period of 30 days. Patrons may renew the loan one time during the loan period providing indication of it (also over the phone) and confirming the loan within two days handing in a new loan request. Books requested and currently unavailable for check-out may be reserved over the phone.        

Interlibrary loans

Materials not available in the library may be requested from other Italian and foreign libraries. Patrons requesting such service will be charged the associated postage expenses. Loans are free of charge for materials requested from libraries located in Tuscany and participating in the “Libri in rete” (Books on the net) project. Within the limits prescribed by its Regulations the Arezzo Town Library makes its library heritage available to Italian and foreign libraries.

Bibliographic advice (reference)

Basic advice on how to perform bibliographic searches through catalogues is provided by the distribution office staff during the Library’s opening hours.
The Arezzo Town Library also started a reference service to provide patrons with a variety of information ranging from the search of a title or an author, advice for bibliographic searches to assistance in the use of multimedia materials. Your reference librarian will also provide assistance in the selection and retrieval of documentary materials and information from the Internet: the consultation of different online catalogues (OPAC) allows patrons to identify and locate the desired document and verify its availability at different libraries.

Internet and wireless

A personal computer that may be used by patrons to access the web is available at the Information Service. The service is free of charge and provided upon registration of the user at the Information Service.

Photocopies

Photocopies may only be made in compliance with all applicable copyright laws from modern documents available in the Library. Photocopying requests will be met immediately if the number of copies to be made is not in excess of 30 or within 3 working days for requests in excess of this number. Manuscripts, antique documents,  bound periodicals, particularly valuable documents or otherwise not in perfect conditions may only be reproduced photographically or through microfilming making a formal request to the Director and specifying the use of such reproduction. Should the reproduction be for commercial purposes reproduction fees will be incurred. After the permission has been granted photographs mat be taken either by a professional photographer (to be paid by the user) or by the applicant him/herself with a camera in natural light. Manuscript and antique periodical microfilms may be printed out. Photostatic reproductions are made by the Library staff.

Services for visually impaired patrons

The Arezzo Town Library has entered an agreement with the Arezzo section of the Unione Italiana Ciechi (Italian Blind Union) to provide a workstation specially reserved for blind and visually impaired patrons. Braille texts, audio books and an IT station for the reading of books in digital format are also available.

Conference rooms (Turini and Fosombroni rooms), ground floor

The Turini room has an overall capacity of 100 people. The Fossombroni room, smaller in size, is suitable for smaller groups, exhibitions and literary salons. The Library is willing to house in its rooms free of charge any sort of event and meeting upon booking.