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Alberto Malliani Library - Vialba Centre

Located within the Sacco Hospital, the Library provides 196 seats and five workstations for catalogue and electronic resource consultation. Its collection includes books and serials in biomedical sciences, supporting research, teaching, and professional development. 

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Notices

Maintenance work in the basement of the Alberto Malliani Library - Vialba Centre from 2 March 2026

Starting on 2 March 2026, the basement of the Malliani Library will undergo extraordinary fire safety compliance works, which will last about three months.
During the whole period, there may be some disturbance and noise in the reading rooms too, due to workers coming and going.
Moreover, our staff will have limited access to the basement, so closed-stack items with the following location codes may not be available for loan or consultation:
•    Biblioteca Alberto Malliani. Magazzino. MEDPDV.MAG
•    Biblioteca Alberto Malliani. Magazzino. MEDPDV.OLD
•    Biblioteca Alberto Malliani. Magazzino. MEDPDV.PER
•    Biblioteca Alberto Malliani. Magazzino. MEDPDV.FSM
•    Biblioteca Alberto Malliani. Magazzino. MEDPDV2
•    Biblioteca Alberto Malliani. Magazzino. MEDPDV2PER


For special requests, please write to vialba@unimi.it


 

24th February 2026

University Library Service Courses: Autumn 2025

The 2025 Autumn schedule of courses organized by the University Library Service (SBA) is now online. These courses are designed to introduce users to the use of databases, sessions on reference management software, meetings on bibliometric indicators and are open to the entire university community.

For more information, please visit Courses page.
 

20th October 2025

Maintenance work at the Alberto Malliani Library - Vialba Centre from 14 July 2025


From 14 July 2025 the Alberto Malliani Library - Vialba Centre will be undergoing maintenance:

- the Library reduces the numbers of seats
- its collections may not be consulted 
- noise problems

Prompt notice of the sequence of works and the areas involved will be given every day. 
We apologise for the inconvenience.

9th July 2025

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Interlibrary Services

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How to use a fully equipped recording studio for creating digital educational content 

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