The Library offers the following services and user-orientated facilities:

• a spacious reading room with a periodical display section
• stacks open for browsing;
• access to holdings via printed or online catalogues;
• online searches of ICCROM library and BCIN databases;
• e-mail reference service;
• copying service (document delivery);
• ICCROM bookshop: sales of ICCROM publications and other selected works;
• interlibrary loans.

Bibliographical searches

Visitors can search for titles in printed catalogues or online at terminals permanently connected to the library database. An instruction manual is available and library staff will assist if necessary. For those unable to visit the library, staff will answer inquiries by e-mail or post.

E-mail reference services

Requests for bibliographic searches will be responded to with instructions on searching our Library Database and on downloading bibliographies in RTF format from the results screen. These bibliographies may be sent to us for document delivery service. In certain cases, the Library will prepare a bibliography on request.

Copying service (document delivery)

Copyright laws permit copying for personal use, research and educational purposes only of selected parts of books (up to 10%) or one article in any given issue of a journal. Applications should provide full details of author, title, year, volume or issue number and page numbers. Downloaded bibliographies from our library catalogue may be sent for document delivery. Photocopies are sent upon payment by credit card or international money order of a pro forma invoice and cost 0.15 euro per page plus shipping costs (if paying by credit card, please fax card number to +39 06 5855 3349 to the attention of the Document Delivery Service).
The documents may be sent by express courier or airmail on request, but not digitally (i.e. in PDF format) or by fax. Requests, which must include a postal address for shipping, should be sent to: docdelivery (at) iccrom . org

New acquisitions

A list of new acquisitions can be consulted online by going directly to the Library catalogue and clicking the 'New acquisitions' box on the left. The information is updated every four months.

Interlibrary loans

Granting requests for interlibrary loans will depend on the condition and rarity of the book, on-site demand for it, and distance of requesting facility from Rome. Periodicals and rare books are unavailable for loan. Interlibrary loans will be granted for a period not exceeding two weeks. The loaned items must be returned using a registered delivery service with tracking number. A librarian in the requesting library must personally communicate agreement to this condition to the ICCROM librarian.

ICCROM Library

Via di San Michele 13, I-00153 Rome RM, Italy
tel: (0039) 06 58 55 33 67 / 06 58 55 33 66
fax: (0039) 0 658 55 33 49
website: http://biblio.iccrom.org
e-mail: library (at) iccrom . org

The Library is open from:
Monday to Friday 10:00 –17:00

updated on: 5 December, 2011