The IRIS libraries

• Berenson Library - Villa I Tatti
• Libraries of the Gallerie degli Uffizi
  • Library of the Uffizi
  • Library of the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe
  • Library of the Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti)
  • Library of the Galleria d'Arte Moderna (Palazzo Pitti)
  • Library of the Museo della Moda e del Costume (Palazzo Pitti)
  • Library of the Tesoro dei Granduchi (Palazzo Pitti)
• Library of the Museo Nazionale del Bargello
• Library of the Dutch University Institute for Art History
• Library of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi sul Rinascimento
• The «U. Procacci» Library - Opificio delle Pietre Dure
• The Leonardiana Library - Vinci
• Library of the Fondazione Rossana e Carlo Pedretti

Opificio delle Pietre Dure

The «Ugo Procacci» Library

Via degli Alfani 78 - 50121 Florence (Italy)
tel. +39 055 2651345 - fax +39 055 287123
e-mail: anna.mieli@beniculturali.it
http://www.opificiodellepietredure.it
Hours: the library is open by appointment. Closed for Christmas holidays, the month of August, and for on-site conferences and seminars
Access: open to scholars, conservators, university students and students from schools of conservation and restoration. For students a letter of introduction from the university department or school attended is necessary
Readers' services: reference, on-site consultation (no loans), limited photocopying

The recently established library acquired its current specialization in the fields of conservation and restoration as a consequence of both the disastrous flood of 1966 and the merging of the laboratories of the Fortezza da Basso and the Opificio's headquarters in via degli Alfani. Reflecting its special nature, notable sectors of the library include: technical and scientific aspects of art conservation; chemistry, physics and biology as applied to art restoration; theses awarded by the Scuola di Alta Formazione in Restauro; marble, mosaics, and semi-precious stone; minor arts; art techniques; and art history references.

Patrimony
The library is composed of ca. 10,000 titles, of which 300 are theses awarded by the Scuola di Alta Formazione in Restauro, and 150 are journals. In addition, the library has created ca. 13,000 in-analytics from congress proceedings and journals specialized in art conservation and restoration.
In addition to the services of the library the institute makes available at its headquarters in Via degli Alfani its Restoration Archives and Historical Archives, representing unique resources of their type.

• Other resources

  • Art Discovery Group Catalogue
  • Internet Culturale
  • SBART - Sistema Bibliotecario Atenei Regione Toscana
  • BNCF - Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze
  • OPAC SBN - Catalog of National Library Service
  • EDIT 16 - The Census of Italian 16th Century Editions
  • MAI - MetaOPAC Azalai Italiano
  • Univ. degli Studi di Firenze - Sistema Bibliotecario d'Ateneo
  • Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz
  • European University Institute - Library
  • Museo Galileo - Florence
  • The Library of the Scuola Normale Superiore
  • URBS - Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche
  • URBiS Library Network

• • The Library of Congress online Catalog
  • The British Library
  • BnF - Bibliothéque nationale de France
  • HOLLIS - Harvard On Line Library Information System
  • Library of the Universiteit van Amsterdam
  • Utrecht University Library
  • KVK - Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog
  • The Warburg Institute Library
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  • ITALE - Association of Italian Ex-Libris Users
  • IGeLU - The International Group of Ex Libris Users
  • AIB - Italian Library Association
  • SRS - Society for Renaissance Studies
  • RSA - The Renaissance Society of America