“Cesare Pecile” Chemistry Library

 "una biblioteca per le persone non solo per i libri"

a library for people, not just for books*

"...Le biblioteche sono il laboratorio culturale di base per qualunque operatore universitario. Nelle biblioteche nasce l’interdisciplinarietà e solo attraverso le biblioteche l’indispensabile isolamento specialistico del lavoro del ricercatore si ricompone in uno schema culturale di più
ampio respiro"

“...Libraries are the base cultural laboratory for any academic worker. It is in the libraries that the inter-disciplinarity rises and it is only thanks to the libraries that the essential isolation of the work of the researcher is recomposed in a wider cultural scheme” **

 These are words from Cesare Pecile, a professor of Physical Chemistry who introduced brilliant innovation in the organization of the physical areas and cultural frameworks for the promotion of science, research, culture and social development and to whom the chemistry library is dedicated. He allowed the realization of an effectively interconnected network of libraries in Padova, that represented a cutting-edge reality in the national context. The actual organization of the library aims to keep those guidelines.

*translated from the speech held during the ceremony for the dedication to Cesare Pecile of the Chemistry library, the 18th September 2013 by prof. Laura Tallandini, reported online at (http://bibliotecachimica.cab.unipd.it/chi-siamo/contenuti-chi-siamo/Tall...);

**translated from: Cesare Pecile “Per portar la toga”, (1981), Padova (s.n.) Poligrafica moderna.

Library address

Via Marzolo 1, Padova tel. 049.827.5883

Opening hours
Monday-Thursday 8.30am-6.00pm
Friday 8.30am-2.00pm

Opening hours may change at Christmas, at Easter and in August. Please, check library website
https://biblio.unipd.it/en/libraries/chimica