The IVAM’s Library

The Library is open for the purpose of study and research in modern and contemporary art. It contains approximately 12,000 open access items. Multimedia material is also accessible. Means of reproduction are offered to users.

Rare books and archives are accessible after demand.

Online access to computerized catalog of the Library.

The IT Facilities are made available for you to use principally for the purpose of your research or studies. You are allowed to make occasional personal use of the IT Facilities only if such use does not disrupt or interfere with normal operation of the Library, or disturb staff or other Library visitors.

The Library is Wi-Fi hotspot allowing customers’ free Internet access via a Wi-Fi enabled laptop or PDA.

Borrowing from the Library is restricted to registered members of the Library.

Details of borrowing rules and forms are available on internet.

Materials in stock may be reserved and retrieved in advance. Staff will inform the reader when the items are available via email or telephone. The reader should make use of them within two days.

Libraries requesting the loan or a copy of holdings belonging to IVAM Library may write to biblioteca@ivam.es.

We provide a scanner self-service facility for the users to get copies of documents of the Library. Copyright law must be observed when copying of Library material and in all copying carried out in the Library, whether by reprographic or any other means. The copy of rare or fragile contents is under the discretion of the staff.

Scanners and cameras may only be taken into the Library with the authorisation of the librarians, pursuant to the limits of the Intellectual Property Law.

The Library will generally allow reproductions of materials in its collections for research use. When reproduction was for other purposes, users should ask to the Library for permission biblioteca@ivam.es. Instructions for ordering and information on fees will be provided. It is up to the user to obtain the permission for copywrited works.

The Bibliographic Information Service responds to all types of enquiries, both from its in-house and remote users biblioteca@ivam.es. Staff guides users to learn the resources the IVAM Library has available, so that they can take full advantage of them.

Educational centers and professional groups that are interested in getting to know the center and the services offered better may request a group visit by writing tolibrary@ivam.es

The IVAM Library and Documentation Center develops an exhibition and activity program focused on promoting and disseminating the bibliographic and documentary collections that make up our collection.

Since October 2015, the Library has had an Exhibition Hall, which has been set up to house exhibitions around books, printed works and archival documents, within the context of modern and contemporary artistic creation, and taking as its core core the Library’s documentary collection

Consult exhibitions