Members of the Bocconi Community can borrow most resources located in reading rooms using the three self-service machines located on the ground floor of the Library, and identifying themselves with the Bocconi badge or with the QR code generated through the app.
Anyone who borrows or consults print resources is responsible for the material registered under their own name, and must ensure that the documents are returned on time and in good condition.
Alumni who subscribed to Bocconi Alumni Community can borrow up to 5 books at a time.
Each loan is automatically renewed up to five times for four weeks each, except for textbooks, which are renewed once for one week. Renewal is not allowed if the book has been requested by other people, if the user has overdue loans or if the maximum number of possible renewals has been exceeded.
If there are no reservations, it is always possible to return the books and borrow them again.
All books eligible for loan can be requested through SearchLib. Once the email for pickup is received, the user can go to the Information Desk, where books remain on the hold shelf for a variable period of time based on the type of document:
At the end of this period, the documents are put back on the shelf or assigned to the person who reserved them next.
Each user can have up to five simultaneous requests.
Reservations for documents located at the offsite storage may take a longer period of time before they are available on site. The Library staff checks active reservations and contacts users if the resource is available online or in the on-site collections.
It is possible to delegate another person to pick up a reserved book after notifying the Library by e-mail with the delegated person's details.
Within My Library Account, users can always see their current loans with their due dates by authenticating with personal Bocconi credentials on the Library website.
At the beginning of each month, the Bocconi Library sends a summary email to all users with current loans and notifies the user when the loan is due to expire. If a book is returned late, the user is suspended from the loan service for a proportional number of days, for a maximum period of one month based on its opening days of operation.
Books can be returned by leaving them in the two return boxes during opening hours. One box is located at the main entrance outside the turnstiles, and the other near the Information Desk. Books can also be returned by mail to the following address: Bocconi University. Library and Archives. Via Ulisse Gobbi, 5 - 20136 Milan (Italy).
It is possible to delegate another person to return books, assuming responsibility for the loan.
The Library confirms the return by email.
Before graduating or leaving the University, all community members must have returned all books.
If a document is lost or damaged, users are invited to contact the Library staff by email to receive the necessary information to refund it. All damaged books, even if refunded, must be returned to the Library.
Most of the print materials of the Bocconi Library can be borrowed; however, some resources can only be consulted in the Library. These include:
Consultation-only resources located in the Library's reading rooms can be consulted independently, while consultation-only resources located in storage must be requested via SearchLib, picked up at the Library's Information Desk, and consulted within the Library.
However, some special collections may require the intervention of Library staff and an assisted consultation mode in a reserved room (e.g. large formats, valuable documents or fragile material). These documents can be recognized thanks to a special note in SearchLib:
The Library protects, preserves and enhances its bibliographic and documentary heritage in order to meet the educational and research needs of the entire Bocconi community.
The Library staff engages in numerous activities to ensure the proper accessibility of the collections on the shelves:
Members of the Bocconi Community can use the in-person reference service: Ask a Librarian!, provided at the Information Desk in the reading rooms from Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.
At the Information Desk, the Library staff is specialized in:
Members of the Bocconi Community can request online support by writing to: infobiblio@unibocconi.it or via B in Touch;. Requests are answered within three working days.
The Library staff offers support for:
The Library staff does not provide:
The Bocconi Library supports the development of Information Literacy, the set of skills necessary for the retrieval, access, evaluation and critical and responsible use of information, through:
All guides and tutorials can be consulted online via the Library website; no registration is required.
For the development of information skills and support of users in using online resources for study and research, the Library staff prepares and periodically updates four types of guides and tutorials:
All guides and tutorials are in English and can be consulted online on the Libguides platform, accessible from the Library website.
In order to promote the user autonomy, there are also printscreens and step-by-step instructions where appropriate.
The Bocconi Library preserves all dissertations discussed at the University since its foundation, except for those related to Bachelor degree programs.
Dissertations are protected by copyright and intellectual property laws; it is therefore the author's responsibility to grant permission for consultation. Bocconi students and faculty members may view online or consult in the Library, depending on the format available, only authorized dissertations. Theses cannot be borrowed or reproduced (even partially).
Dissertations discussed from 1906 to 1987 are only available in print format and may be consulted in the Library, if authorized. They are collected in the Bocconi University Historical Dissertations collection according to a grouping criterion that responds to the chronological line of development of the University and its Community. The historical dissertations are involved in ongoing projects of recovery and digitization for preservation and enhancement purposes, made possible thanks to the support of donors.
Dissertations discussed since 1988 are available in digital format and can be consulted online, if authorized. They are collected in a digital collection: Bocconi University Dissertations (Online), which is divided into Dissertations 1988-2000 and Dissertations 2000-.
Authorized dissertations may be consulted by the entire Bocconi Community: