Biblioteca Bertoliana - Biblioteca di Palazzo Costantini, Vicenza

The biblioteca di Palazzo Costantini is located in the old town of Vicenza.
It was inaugurated in 1981 as "Sala per la Ricerca Guidata" (Room for guided search); in 1993, after the makeover of Palazzo Costantini, it was enlarged, with the opening of the Sala Dalla Pozza, dedicated to the former Director of the Biblioteca Bertoliana, Antonio Dalla Pozza, used as all-purpose space.
The service provides:

• 9 reading rooms with 130 seats in all; - approximately 20.000 books; - a station to access to computerized catalogues and one for the Internet (the service is free for the borrowers registered to the Library); - children's section with books suitable for young readers.
  Features of the heritage:
  The library is specialized in reference, artistic and literary fields.
• Reference works: more updated encyclopedias with a wider choice than the other locations.
• Art: works about painting, sculpture, architecture
• Cinema: "Il Castoro" series and other works about directors, actors and films.
• Literature: Greek and Latin, Italian and foreign classics, literary criticism.
• Wide narrative section also in English, French, German.
• Tourist guides of the World.
• Manuals for concourses.