The Library collects printed works, catalogues, general and specific sources of interest inherent to the institutional disciplines of the Biennale: visual arts, architecture, film, music, dance, theatre and mass media, over a period of time that goes from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.

 

The materials of the library are inventoried and catalogued; they currently count 130,000 units, consisting in books and catalogues.

 

The search tools offered by the library are the following:

 

1. a printed catalogue by author and by subject (for books and catalogues);

2. an online SBN catalogue (for books and catalogues).

 

The headings are structured by discipline, section and subsection according to the following legenda:

 

DISCIPLINES

A visual arts, applied arts, industrial design, photography

C film

D works in progress and for consultation

I mass media

M music, dance

T theatre, drama

U architecture, city planning, restoration, interior decoration

 

SECTIONS

A acts (of conventions, conferences, courses, etc.)

C catalogues

D dictionaries, encyclopedias, glossaries

F Discipline foundations and manuals, theoretical principles, essays

I institutions and structures, legislation

K criticism and essays (added to F)

M monographs on artistic operators

O musical scores

P anthologies

R repertories, dictionaries and encyclopedias

S history

T technique

U university theses and research studies