Banca d'Italia's services to the public - The management of the central bank's library and historical archivesNovember 2025

In this event, we examine how the Paolo Baffi Library and the Historical Archives of Banca d'Italia are managed.

The Paolo Baffi Library specializes in banking, finance and economics. Its collection includes 190,000 volumes, 10,000 printed periodical publications, and over 138,000 electronic resources. The Library is also open to external users, especially students of economics and finance and researchers.

Moreover, the Bank's Historical Archives are one of the principal sources for the study of Italian economic and banking history in the past two centuries. They conserve documents of prime importance relating to Italian economic and monetary history, the development of the banking system, industrial history, local economies and international economic relations. They are also an important source for historical biography, political history, and even architecture.