Christmas closures and service suspensions

Exceptions

Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 December 2025 – Changes to the opening hours

• Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Computer Sciences Library: closed
• Biomedical Sciences Library at Città Studi: closed
• Philosophy Library: 9:00-16:00
• Library of the Centre for Foreign Languages and Literatures: 9:00-16:00
• Library of the Central School of Medicine: 8:30-16:00
• San Paolo University Hospital Library: closed
• Alberto Malliani Library – Vialba Centre: closed
• Veterinary Medicine Library: closed
• History and Historical Documentation Library: 9:00-16:00
• Earth Sciences Library: closed
• Political Sciences Library: 9:00-16:00
• History of Art, Music and Performing Arts Library: 9:00-16:00

All other libraries will be open with regular opening hours.

Libraries open from Monday 29 through Wednesday 31 December 2025

• Ancient Studies and Modern Philology Library: 9:00-16:00
• Earth Sciences: 9:00-16:30

All other libraries are closed.

Suspension of services

• Loan requests from the catalogue, purchase recommendations and interlibrary services: not available from 19 December 2025 to 6 January 2026 included.
• BiblioHELP online support and Digital Library helpdesk: not available from 24 December 2025 to 6 January 2026 included.

Items stored in libraries that are open over the holidays can still be borrowed on site.

Extended loan period

For all loans expiring during the library closures, the return date is automatically postponed to 7 January 2026.