Biblioteca di Scienze Agrarie e Veterinarie
The Central Library of the Faculty of Agriculture was established in 1954 and was housed in the premises at Via Pietro Giuria 15, in Turin, until its transfer to Grugliasco.
The Central Library of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine was established in the academic year 1948-1949 order of the then Professor Giovanni Bisbocci and was hosted in the building of Via Nizza 52 in Turin, up to the moment of its transfer to Grugliasco.
The building, home to the Library, was built between 1931 and 1935 as a kitchen in the central area of the Psychiatric Hospital of Grugliasco, adopting a building type very similar to that of the "Villa Regina Margherita" in Collegno: a series of buildings, born in the same period, for "boarders" or patients able to pay a fee to enjoy a better hotel-type service.
For this reason it received the nickname, which it still maintains today, of "Alberghetto".
The recovery of the building has ensured the regulation and functionality of the spaces, while maintaining the original morphological characteristics of the 1930s (as indeed imposed by the constraint of the Superintendency). The small chimney still remains from the former kitchen of the refectory.
Photo source: Institute for the Mentally Ill of Grugliasco (Turin), Administration of the Province of Turin, 1955.
The Interdepartmental Library of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences was established on 14 November 2003 and represents a single documentation center to which the entire scientific community of professors, researchers, and students belongs.
The structure has a total area of 960 square meters. The ground floor (530 square meters) includes offices, a reading room and newsstands. The place can accommodate up to 100 users.
The remaining part of the collection is located in the basement, kept in a book storage room equipped with compact shelving. The total number of volumes amounts to approximately 60,000, to which must be added the degree theses, archived on digital media.
The services offered range from the consultation of bibliographic material and journals (displayed in open shelves), to photocopies, to the loan of monographic material (with the exception of general reference works and degree theses) and inter-library (localization and retrieval of books not owned by the library), to document delivery (localization and retrieval of bibliographic material not owned by the library).
Source of the photo: La Stampa, 15 November 2003
... 20 years later
On the occasion of its twentieth anniversary, the Agrovet Library organized the event "How the Library is Changing," which took place on Friday, 2 February 2024, at the Library's headquarters.
It was an opportunity to celebrate two decades of commitment to the dissemination of knowledge and to present the new logo, a distinctive sign that reflects the evolution and commitment to the future of our Library.
2024 is designated as the European Year of Skills, a particularly relevant theme for the Agrovet Library, which has always cultivated and promoted the growth of skills in our community.
