Access and services
Any temporary change is to be found in this page.
Notice
The library of Statistical Sciences Department will be closed on 4th October 2023, Patronal festival of Bologna.
Important notice
At the end of October 2023 all the books in the "Statistica" section will be moved. For this reason, it will not be possible to borrow nor to read them from October 20th until October 27th 2023. For the same reason, the library will be closed. We apologize for the inconvenience. The Library Staff
Access
Anyone may gain access; undergraduates, postgraduates and teachers of Bologna University School of Law are given priority.
Please be mindful of others in the reading room.
Opening Hours
The Library of the Department of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati" opens from Monday to Friday, from 8:30 a.m. till 6:30 p.m.
Services will stop 15 minutes before the closing time.
The library is normally closed in August and during Christmas holidays: any information or changes are to be found in this web site.
Lending system
The library's lending system is computerised. Anybody who is registered in the local database may borrow books or ask to be registered by showing an ID (identity) card. Special collections and rare books, dissertations, periodicals and books published before 1959 are not for loan.
Other services offered by the library
Information and bibliographical research
The librarians are available to guide you through the library's services and will help you to consult the online catalogues.
Interlibrary loan and document delivery
If an item you are looking for is not available in the library, it may be requested from other libraries worldwide, through the reciprocal scheme called interlibrary loan. We do not charge fees for the service, but lending libraries may.
Lending out to other participating libraries is also free of charge.
Special collections and rare books, dissertations, periodicals and books published before 1959 are neither for loan nor for interlibrary loan.
Suggestions for purchasing books or periodicals
It is possible to ask the librarian for new acquisitions, so long as the subject matter is pertinent to the disciplines the library is specialized in.
Photocopying
A copy machine is available within the library: you can use it by purchasing a card, the same kind used in most Bologna University libraries. Copyright law applies.
Online services
You can send in a request for a book from any computer by using the electronic catalogue.
The library is among those which participate to the Ask the librarian service.
The library has joined ESSPER, a catalogue for searching Italian periodicals on Economy, Social Sciences and History.