Sapienza Library System

With 6,000 seats, Sapienza's 46 libraries provide you with the largest university library holdings in Italy, made out of 2.7 million books and scientific journals, supported by around 160 librarians. And if you want to stay at home, by accessing online, you can read over 20,000 ebooks and more than 44,000 electronic journals and consult more than 170 databases for research. But there is much more: reading rooms open even at night, computer stations, courses on how to carry out bibliographic research or compile a bibliography, cultural activities such as book clubs, bibliographic exhibitions and bookcrossing zones

Umberto I General Hospital reading room open round the clock. Main Campus 24h reading rooms closed at night from June 6

Due to urgent works that will affect various areas of the Main Campus, for safety reasons, starting from Tuesday, June 6, 2023, the 24-hour reading room located at Earth Sciences will be closed at night, until the end of the renovation works. The Earth Sciences reading rooms is open on Saturday and Sunday from 8 am to 8 pm. As a replacement, the 24 hour opening of the Umberto I General Hospital reading room, which can be reached from viale del Policlinico 155 and viale Regina Elena 324 gates (see map), has been extended.

Sapienza University of Rome offers you

more than 40 libraries organized in 120 branches (map)
Bookable rooms for study groups
2.7 millions of items such as books, journals, movies, maps, printed music, etc.
Borrowing services
20.000 e-books, 44.000 e-journals, about 170 databases, also available off campus
Reference services face to face and by email
Classes about how to perform a bibliographic research or how to compile a bibliography
Cultural activities such as reading circles, bibliographic exhibitions, bookcrossing
Paid internships in libraries
More than 160 librarian.