The Paolo Baffi Library: Collections and Studies

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The series The Paolo Baffi Library: Collections and Studies will raise the profile of the Library and promote its work through the publication of bibliographies, catalogues of holdings, guides and studies.

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The Bank of Italy's collections are managed by two libraries: the Paolo Baffi Library, which specializes in banking, finance and economics, and the legal library, which specializes in banking and financial law. The total collection amounts to 150,000 volumes, 8,500 periodical publications on paper, and 1,300 electronic resources.

The Library

The Bank of Italy’s Library was established in 1894. It is divided into an economics section, named after Paolo Baffi, Governor from 1975 to 1979, containing specialist volumes on banking, finance and general economics, and a law section. Both provide the Bank’s staff with an important research tool and are also open for consultation by the general public, particularly academics, economists, experts from other institutions and university students.