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Printed Materials Reading Room
In the Printed Materials Reading Room, a librarian is available throughout opening hours to assist users in locating materials.
A selection of reference works is available for consultation in the following subject areas: Venetian studies, history, fine arts, politics, and law. In addition, a selection of periodicals is on display, each represented by its most recently received issue.
Online catalogues may be consulted in the Catalogue Room.
In the room adjacent to the Loan Office, users may consult microfilms of Il Gazzettino and nineteenth-century Venetian periodicals held by the Library.
Users may borrow up to ten volumes per day.
The average waiting time for requested materials is approximately 45 minutes. Requests may be submitted until 2.30 p.m.
Documents may be requested the day before via the OPAC and collected the following day from 9.30 a.m. or requested on site until 2.30 p.m., in accordance with the instructions for OPAC requests.
Collection
Printed books held in the stacks may be requested for consultation at the Collection Desk (open during the Library’s opening hours) at the following times:
- Monday–Thursday: 8.30 a.m.–5.30 p.m.
- Friday: 8.30 a.m.–1.30 p.m.
Reading Room Rules
- Bags, envelopes, or non-transparent containers may not be brought into the Reading Room. The Reading Room Assistant may ask readers to limit the number of personal books they bring in if these are likely to cause clutter or disrupt order.
Food, drinks, or any other materials that may pose a risk to the documents are not permitted in the Reading Room. - A maximum of two volumes or documents may be consulted at any one time. Readers must collect the work from the Distribution Desk and return it to the same desk at the end of the consultation or when leaving the Reading Room.
- Books taken for consultation may be left at the Distribution Desk for a maximum of seven days between consultations.
- Impressions, tracings, rubbings, or any other operations involving direct manipulation of documents are not permitted. To ensure that volumes can be opened naturally, angled lecterns equipped with weighted page-holding cords are available in the Reading Room, together with other supports suitable for the characteristics of the work being consulted.
- Readers wishing to use a laptop may connect to the power sockets located along the sides of each table.
- Reproductions may be made using personal equipment in accordance with the following procedures. Reproductions of bibliographic materials are permitted free of charge solely for purposes of study, research, free expression of thought or creative activity, and the promotion of knowledge of cultural heritage, provided that they are carried out on a non-profit basis. Free reproduction is permitted only in compliance with current copyright legislation. Cameras, smartphones, and tablets may be used without any physical contact with the item. Tripods, portable scanners, pen scanners, flash, or other portable light sources are not permitted. The Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana requires users to sign a declaration confirming the reproduction, which implies knowledge and acceptance of the rules relating to copyright restrictions and the use of personal equipment for non-profit reproduction. Users are also required to comply with the rules for consulting materials in order to ensure their preservation. When reproducing materials, users must hold their device with both hands in order to avoid the risk of dropping it on the item. One hand must not be used to hold the volume in place. Materials must not be moved to other areas of the Library in order to obtain better lighting conditions. Photographs of the premises, staff, other users, or their computer screens are not permitted without prior authorisation. Devices must be set to silent mode so as not to disturb other users. Works protected by copyright may not be photographed, but only photocopied, up to a maximum limit of 15%. Please note that, in accordance with copyright law, sheet music and musical scores may not be freely photographed using personal equipment.
The Reading Room Assistant is always available to provide information and assistance.
Notes:
- Monographs and periodicals marked ‘AVVOCATURA’ in the location field are held at the District State Attorney’s Office: Avvocatura distrettuale dello Stato, Piazza San Marco 63, Tel. +39 041.2401011.
- These works may be consulted Monday to Friday, from 9.00 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.
Head:Â Luciana Battagin
Registers for submitting purchase suggestions (desiderata) are available to the public in both reading rooms. Users may also submit purchase suggestions through the Polo VEA OPAC.
Manuscripts, Rare Books, Maps, and Prints Room
In the Manuscripts and Rare Materials Reading Room, a librarian is available throughout opening hours to provide reference assistance.
In the main room and adjoining rooms, scholars have access to bibliographic indexes relating to the following subjects: historical sources, classical studies, biography, bibliography, patristics, geography, philosophy and theology, Italian and international literature, and classical literature.
There are also sections containing catalogues of Marciana manuscripts and those of other libraries, encyclopaedias and dictionaries, major critical editions of classical texts, and facsimiles of Marciana manuscripts.
The following resources are available online:
- The genealogical repertoire of the Venetian nobility by Girolamo Alessandro Capellari Vivaro, Campidoglio Veneto, It. VII, 15-18 (=8304-8307);
- The printed heraldic repertoire by Vincenzo Coronelli, Armi, blasoni o Insegne gentilizie delle Famiglie Patritie esistenti nella Serenissima Republica di Venetia, Venice [1694–1701, Rari Ven. 687;
- The extensive collection of autograph manuscripts and printed works belonging to the art historian Giovan Battista Cavalcaselle;
- Manuscripts digitised since 2010 (a continuously expanding collection);
- Cartographic and graphic materials.
Additional digital resources may be consulted on site at dedicated workstations:
- Coronelliana: texts from the extensive collection of Vincenzo Coronelli’s works, both manuscript and printed, preserved in the Library;
- DIGIT (digital reproductions of manuscripts and printed works carried out by the Reproduction Office since 2010).
Users may also consult the list of incunabula held by the Library, compiled from data extracted from the ISTC database.
Materials are available for collection during the following hours:
- Monday–Friday:30 a.m.–5.30 p.m.
Documents may be requested the day before via the OPAC and collected the following day from 9.30 a.m., in accordance with the instructions for OPAC requests.
Reading Room Rules
- Readers in possession of a valid Library access card may consult manuscripts and rare materials upon justified request.
Documentation relating to ongoing research – or, in the case of students, a letter of introduction from their supervisor indicating the topic of study and certifying the reader’s preparation to handle the material – is appreciated.
Readers are requested to notify the Library in advance of their visit in order to receive relevant information about the materials and to agree with the Manuscripts Office on the times and procedures for consulting documents subject to special protection. - Bags, envelopes, or non-transparent containers may not be brought into the Reading Room. The Reading Room Assistant may ask readers to limit the number of personal books they bring in if these are likely to cause clutter or disrupt order.
Food, drinks, or any other materials that may pose a risk to the documents are not permitted in the Reading Room. - Requests for manuscripts and rare materials must be written on the appropriate form, which is countersigned by the Room Assistant.
Up to four requests per day may be made. The average waiting time from the moment of request is less than 30 minutes, except in cases involving unusually large formats or items located in more distant storage areas. - Volumes and documents are issued one at a time. Readers must collect the material from the staff member responsible for distribution and return it to the same person at the end of the consultation or before leaving the Room.
- During consultation, the use of ballpoint or ink pens is prohibited; pencils must be used instead.
Impressions, tracings, rubbings, or any other operations involving direct manipulation of documents are not permitted. Cotton gloves will be provided for particularly delicate materials. - Readers wishing to use a laptop may connect to the power sockets located along the sides of each table.
Reading and analysis aids (magnifying glass, watermark viewer, modified light source) are available in the Reading Room upon request. Please note that readers remain responsible for any damage caused to themselves or to the materials as a result of improper use of such aids.
The use of personal equipment must be authorised in advance by the Manuscripts Office.
To ensure that volumes can be opened naturally, angled lecterns equipped with weighted page-holding cords are available in the Reading Room, together with other supports suitable for the characteristics of the work being consulted.
Head: Alessia Giachery