Admittance

See also the new Guidelines for users

To gain access to the Senate Library and get the Library admittance card, you need to:

• be no younger than 16;
• produce valid ID;
• fill-in the form you will get at the entrance, describing the object of your research;

In February 2007, an internal passageway has been opened between the Senate and the Chamber Libraries, with a view to creating a Joint Parliamentary Library.

The public may now circulate freely between the two libraries. With the exception of volumes available in the reading rooms, old books and periodicals, all other books may be freely circulate in the two libraries.

An admittance card issued by one Library grants access to the other Library.

If you want to come to the Senate Library, you should:

1. Come to 38, Piazza della Minerva. No prior notice is necessary. Make sure you have valid ID with you, which will be kept with the security personnel at the entrance while you are in the Library.
2. Fill in the access request form that the security officer will give you. Alternatively, dowload it here and fill it in beforehand.
3. For security reasons, all bags should be left in locked cabinets. Any personal belonging you may wish to bring with you into the Library should be put in a see-through plastic bag that will be given to you at the entrance.
4. Once you are in the Library, give your completed access form to the Orientation and Distribution Desk officers. You will be registered and a six-month admittance card will be issued.
5. When you come to the Library again, just show the admittance card to the security personnel. You will not need to fill in any form until you apply for an extension of your card, after six months.