Library, Arts Section
To meet the needs of its readers, the Library is furnished with two different kinds of fittings. There are rooms with wood bookcases, carved chairs, late 19th-century tables and lamps designed by Carlo Scarpa. Some other rooms contain white bookcases and desks with plugs for the use of computers.
Next to the Library desk, there is also a room to consult rare volumes and manuscripts.
On the open shelves there are 32.000 books divided for classes. Materials are handy and can be taken directly from the shelves in their dedicated section. After consultation, readers are kindly invited to leave the books on the trolleys in every room.
The Library has a rich newspaper library containing a great range of newspapers and magazines regarding the Veneto region, as well as a multimedia section with eight computer workstations with free Internet connection and multimedia materials.
In the Library you can also find the following sections with some reading suggestions and in-depth research:
VeneziaInLetteratura: works set in Venice
VeneziaInMusica: a great range of Venetian music
VeneziaInCinema: films set in Venice
New arrivals: newly acquired or donated documents.
From the charts: a selection of best sellers.
Ideas: topical books.
