Library
Description
The Library of the Banco de España specialises in economics, and in monetary and banking topics in particular. Its collection also covers related fields and sciences such as economic history, statistics, etc.
Collection
The Library's collection comprises nearly 350,000 works, ranging from books, brochures and documents of international organisations to periodical publications, representing some 4,700 reviews and journals, of which 3,700 remain in circulation. Complete collections of a large number of periodicals first published in the 19th century. Some of these publications are on microfiches and microfilms, numbering 57,000 and 7,000, respectively. The Library also has other special collections and formats.
Catalogues
The bibliographic database, which can currently be accessed via the ALEPH program, lists 183,000 titles, and can be consulted using four computer terminals in the reading room. Collections dating from before 1986 are listed in a traditional file card system, although older, frequently used collections are also found in the computerised catalogue.
Services
- Reading room
- The Library has a reading room for consulting the publications of the Banco de España, a number of journals with international financial and banking statistics, etc., and the latest issues of numerous Spanish and foreign reviews. The reading room also has a series of reference works, including directories, encyclopaedias, atlases, handbooks, dictionaries, etc.
- Photocopy service
- Two photocopiers, one of which is coin-operated, are available.
- Bibliographic information service
- This service can be consulted in the reading room, by telephone if the query is brief, or in writing. Assistance is also given on how to use the catalogues.
Use of the Library
To use the Library, a user's card must be presented. It is available in one of the following forms:
- Research card (valid for two years), requiring:
- University degree.
- Presentation by two reputable academics linked to a university.
- Temporary research card (valid for one month):
- Issued to university students in the final years of their degree courses.
- Requiring presentation by two reputable academics linked to a university.
- Consultation card (valid for two days).
- Issued in the event of urgency of for brief consultation.
Address and opening hours
Banco de España
Biblioteca
Alcalá, 48, 28014 Madrid
Telephones: 34 913 385 058 y 34 913 385 327. Fax: 34 913 386 041
The Library is open to the public Monday to Friday from 8:30 to 17:30, except in Easter Week, San Isidro Week, the month of August and over Christmas, when it is open from 8:30 to 14:00.