Update your app or download it for the first time from the Stores to access new features and improved performance.
Discover the new version of BiblioParma, the App of the Parma Library System, bringing you all services at your fingertips:

• browse the library catalog, including ISBN barcode scanning or voice search
• request a book available on the shelf or reserve one currently on loan
• view the status of your loans and renew them
• check out new arrivals in the catalog
• access Emilib’s ebooks
• save your own bibliography or reading list
• suggest a purchase
• request informations
• book a study room or check service hours

Additionally, you can:

• customize the homepage with your most-used services
• adjust the accessibility level of contents
• log in with multiple accounts, for a shared experience between parents and children
• personalize colors
• choose your favorite libraries
• view events

...and much more!

Until December 12th, the Scientific Engineering building inside the Campus will be open until 8:30 PM for all students: an initiative designed by the University to offer better services and to help “ease” the usual heavy traffic congestion in the late afternoon.
Regarding bus connections, service is guaranteed with line 7 at 8:00 PM, 8:30 PM, and 9:00 PM departing from the Campus terminal: three rides with intermediate stops up to Piazzale Santa Croce, from where it is then possible to take night buses to other parts of the city.

The publisher reported that it has restored access to the Reaxys resource.

This comparative qualitative study builds on the results of a previous survey about perceptions of artificial intelligence among librarians in Italy, Mexico, Bulgaria, and Bangladesh.
Through 39 in-depth interviews, researchers analyzed the challenges, impacts, and recommendations related to AI adoption in libraries.

• Our study rooms will be closed as weel
• During the closure period, Document Delivery and Interlibrary Loan services will be suspended.
• All services will resume regularly on Monday, August 24.

Happy Holidays to everyone!

For the upcoming holiday season, the Sciences and Technologies Central Library will close from December 22, 2025 to January 6, 2026. During the closure period, all services, including online services, are suspended.
The library will reopen (and all services will resume as normal) on Wednesday, January 7, 2026.

Happy Holidays to everyone!

Do you need a book to study, prepare your thesis or for reading pleasure?

Having it on loan from the University libraries is very simple!
Here's how it's done:

1) go directly to the library and ask the staff. To get a loan you must be registered in one of the libraries in Parma or the province. If you are not already registered you can request registration when you go to the library. 

2) look for it in the online catalogue or with the BiblioParma app, note the location. go to the library and ask the staff

3) if you want to be sure to find it, book it from the online catalogue (by entering your personal space with your University credentials) or from the BiblioParma app and stop by the library to pick it up