Sezione di Archivio di Stato di Urbino

The Library of the State Archives of Pesaro-Urbino is an internal library within the institute, available to scholars who frequent the study room, who can consult publications to support their archival research.

Consultation is also permitted to non-users of the study room, provided the texts sought are not available at other city libraries, after registering with the State Archives' study room services. External loans are not permitted under any circumstances.

Distributed across the three locations of Pesaro, Fano, and Urbino, it was established at the same time as the Archives itself in 1955. A photocopying service is guaranteed, in compliance with current legislation. For several years, it has been a member of the Unified Catalog of the Libraries of the Province of Pesaro-Urbino and Ancona-Urbino, and the catalog is currently being retrospectively restored.

The bibliographic holdings of the Pesaro State Archives Library, including the Fano and Urbino sections, total approximately 18,000 volumes. The materials are housed partly on open shelves in the study rooms and partly on closed shelves in dedicated rooms.

The Library increases its book holdings annually through Service III – Studies and Research of the General Directorate for Archives, which distributes its publications in the series Strumenti, Saggi, Fonti, Sussidi, Quaderni della “Rassegna degli Archivi di Stato” (Tools, Essays, Sources, Aids), Quaderni della “Rassegna degli Archivi di Stato” (Review of the State Archives), Archivi Italiani (Italian Archives), and some non-series volumes, as well as the Administration's official periodical: “Rassegna degli Archivi di Stato” (Review of the State Archives) and “Il Mondo degli Archivi,” co-published with the A.N.A.I. (Italian National Archival Association), which is also published online.

When purchasing publications, preference is given to specific subjects such as archives, diplomacy, sigillography, library science, history, philosophy, literature, art, law, economics, historical and archival monographs, as well as specialized periodicals. Special attention is paid to the acquisition of texts relating to local historiography, economics, popular traditions, folklore, archaeology, and the arts and crafts.

The bibliographic collection is also expanded through a policy of exchanges with local, national, and international associations, archives, libraries, and donations. Finally, authors who have used archive documents for their publications are required, in compliance with current regulations, to submit so-called "mandatory copies" to the State Archives.

Services
Reference, consultation, reproductions, document delivery, internet browsing.