CSSU Collection – Centre for the Study of the United States

The Centre for the Study of the United States Collection (shelfmark CSSU.) comprises the holdings of the former Centre for the Study of the United States in Milan, established in 1994 following an agreement between the United States Consulate in Milan and our University. Under this agreement, the University accepted the donation of the USIS (United States Information Service) Library by the US Government and undertook to guarantee public access to the collection for anyone seeking information on American history, culture, and society. In 2008, the Centre was closed by resolution of the Academic Senate, and the book collection became part of the holdings of the Department of Language Sciences and Comparative Foreign Literatures. It was later transferred to the Library of the School of Languages and Foreign Literatures upon its establishment in April 2012. The collection comprises over 10,000 volumes, mainly in English, including serials and reference works devoted to the study of the United States. The principal subjects are literature, history, and art, with smaller sections also covering the social and political sciences.