Dear friends and dear Friends, now is the invective also appeal to all users of libraries and to those who believe in a culture free and available to all: read and then give your contribution by expressing your rant to the City of Milan following the link at the bottom here .
is what is happening: in Milan two libraries, the civic center Sormani and the art library of the Castle, they are losing little by little pieces of their heritage, and we with them.
The art library has been split in two, moving the newspaper to another location. There are expected to bring together the materials in a huge library of unique art, but who knows when and, among other things, eliminating definitivamete exemplary historical situation and synergies cultural, such as the proximity of the library with the Castle Museum, the Civic Bertarelli collection of prints, and other archives and libraries.
last few weeks, then you can access all'emeroteca appointment only and only one day a week. Reason: oh oh, missing personnel, or rather, gone a responsible ... or better, that this young lady had requested the transfer for years was known, and then? As for the
Sormani, wagons of books and ... catalogs they go little by little, it was removed years ago, the central catalog of library paper Lombard still missing. Reason: so is the OPAC. Large amounts of periodicals have been gradually moved in a decentralized branch, for which we ask for appointment. On the rest of rivste and newspapers are making the exchange with obsolete microfilm. Many volumes have been removed from the consultation on the shelf and now resist a few encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Last but not least, a few weeks ago the precious and rare printed catalog with regular examination of the articles has been removed, to the amazement of those librarians.
seemed to me that the most advanced libraries in the computer does not send away the paper, after the two instruments are not identical and totally overlapping, like any good researcher knows. Milano But no, it's too modern, can not tolerate that encumber spaces with old papers, when there the computer ... but there is a computer??
Here is the official response to my complaint:
"the catalog of periodic examination subjects of the Biblioteca Comunale Centrale in Milan, which has about 1.5 million cards, has been completely digitized with the help of a specialized company significantly increasing the potential the catalog. Currently you can browse the catalog of perusal, in digital format, only turning to the employees of all offices advice of the Library. E 'but the study can provide access to that version of the catalog at our OPAC workstations available the public ... "
"The employees of all offices etc.. "are apparently a couple and have other things to do!
In fattempo, huge and expensive catafalques wood were placed with fake effect to make a fine show in the lobby and in the first room, perhaps to conceal the lack of maintenance of the rest of the structure.
Last but not least, the private Sormani was always a couple of weeks ago, with the refreshment of his machines for coffee, drinks and snacks, "for reasons of public order."
And the Brera ... of our National Library, again, that here too we dwell on it.
against the thought-level or no institutions to which escaped the cocoon the butterfly, here is who to ask back coffee, attention to culture, the list of newspaper and periodical examination of the art library:
http://www.comune.milano.it/dseserver/sportelloreclami/index.html
PS : nothing to do with Milan, but there are rumors that the civic library at Cassano d'Adda, since he was voted a right-of-center, by order of the mayor is no longer available to users daily subversive anarchist insurrection a few well-known and very few letters by the name of "Republic" ... This is item to be verified, but should it be established, leave it to you every comment and action, because before then I will block the pure invective.
