The Senate Library "Giovanni Spadolini"
Piazza della Minerva, 38 - 00186 Roma
Tel. 06.6706.3717
Fax 06.6706.4338
e-mail: BibliotecaMinerva@senato.it
Opening Hours:
For the general public:
Mondays - Fridays: 9 am - 7.30 pm
Saturdays: 9 am to 12.30 pm
For Senators and the Senate staff:
Mondays - Fridays: 8.30 am - 8.30 pm (or until the end of the sitting)
Sarturdays: 9 am - 1 pm
The Library is closed to the general public during the month of August.
Special e-mail addresses are available to request the services below:
Bibliographic information: bibl-info@senato.it
Interlibrary loan and document delivery: bibl-ill@senato.it
Guided tours of the Library: bibleventi@senato.it
Services to the public
Bibliographic Information
Bibliographic information is available on the Library ground floor, in the Orientation and Distribution Room. Information may be requested by telephone, fax, or e-mail.
Telephone +39 06 6706-2767 or -4395
Fax +39 06 6706-4338
e-mail bibl-info@senato.it
Open from 1 September to 31 July, Mondays through Fridays
10 am - 1 pm
2 - 5 pm
If you need to file a request outside opening hours, please obtain a request from the Orientation Desk officer, fill it in and return it. Personnel on the following shift will take care of your request and get in touch with you.
You may obtain:
guidance to on-line and printed reference material;
replies to quick queries on the matters in which the Library specialises;
biographical and bibliographical assistance;
legislative information and Italian regulatory acts not available on databases freely accessible on the net (see Senate public DBs);
biographical information on Senators of past parliaments (limited to the Library's own resources); further information may be obtained from the Senate Historical Archives;
local history information is only available via e-mail from storialocale@senato.it.
You may not obtain:
bibliographical guidance for dissertations and civil service recruitment tests;
book gifts;
book loans;
copies of records which may be purchased from the Senate Bookshop;
legal counsel and the like;
information violating privacy legislation.
For more specific queries
Research on Italian local history and the collection of Charters:
Local History Desk (Tel. +39 06 6706-2716, -2860 or -2148)
Info and research on Archive material:
Senate Historical Archives (Tel. +39 06 6706 4370)
Research on and reproduction of parliamentary records:
Bookshop - Centre for Official Information and Documentation (Tel. +39 06 6706 2505)
Real-time updates on the progress of a bill and Senate business:
On-line databases or call Parliamentary Informatio Desk (Tel. +39 06 6706 3430)
Information on Senate publications available for purchase:
Bookshop - Centre for Official Information and Documentation (Tel. +39 06 6706 2505)
Information on positions open in the Senate:
Follow "Concorsi" in the Italian-language section of the site or call the Personnel Service at Bookshop - Centre for Official Information and Documentation +39 06 6706-5107 or -5108)
Contacts of Senators:
Bio notes in the Italian-language section of the site
To help us reply promptly to your request, please provide your telephone number in addition to your e-mail and postal addresses.
Response time may vary depending on the compexity of your request.
Replies may be given in Italian or English.
Rensponses to your research needs are drawn from local and remote printed and electronic sources, mostly from within the Senate Library and relating to the subjects our Library specialises in. Unless the nature of the study requires otherwise, we use Italian-language sources.
This service is not available in August, when the Library is closed to the general public.
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