Banca d’Italia - The Library

Skip to main content Open navigation menu Home page Cerca nel sito | EN IT Vai alla versione italiana The Library Banca d'Italia's Library was established in 1894. It is divided into an economics section, later named after Paolo Baffi, Governor from 1975 to 1979, containing specialist volumes on banking, finance and general economics, and a law section, named after Pietro De Vecchis, General Counsel from 1994 to 1997, containing specialist volumes on banking and financial law. Both are open for consultation by the general public, particularly academics, economists, experts from other institutions and university students. To access the catalogue and learn more about the Libraries' services, opening hours and publications visit the Library services page . Holdings The Library owns more than 226,000 volumes, as well as approximately 10,000 titles of periodicals on paper and over 143,000 electronic resources (periodicals, e-book and databases). The Paolo Baffi Economics Library holds approximately 1,800 works published before 1831; they include incunabula, sixteenth-century…