Tommaso Giordano’s career as a librarian started in 1972, when he joined the University of Florence. He worked at the EUI from 1983 to 2014, where he started as deputy director and then became Library director. This is a translated and abridged version of his lectio magistralis, held on 24 November 2017 at the general […]

A brief outline of the current situation of Libraries in Italy with a specific focus on library cooperation and networking

Sometimes libraries are part of our holidays’ environment so that everybody can enjoy reading everywhere ! Here is the StrandBibliotheek in De-Haan-aan-Zee – Le-Coq-sur-Mer, Belgium.  The StrandBibliotheek – Beach Library is 1336 KM away from the European University Institute in Fiesole. Google Maps says it would take 12 hours and 37 minutes to reach this […]