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Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli Library Site http://www.bnnonline.it/default.htm City     Napoli Country     Italy Library Type     Public Description     The National Library "Vittorio Emanuele III" in Naples (Italy) is a public state library depending upon the Ministero per i Beni e le Attivitą culturali - Direzione Generale per i beni librari e gli istituti culturali (Ministry of cultural heritage and activities - General Direction for the printed heritage and the cultural institutions). It is one of the largest libraries in Italy with around 19.000 manuscripts, 4.563 incunabula, 1.792 Herculaneum papyri, around 1.800.000 printed volumes and over 8.300 periodicals. According to the new Library Rules (Regolamento DPR July 5th 1995, no. 417), the public state libraries aim at: a) gathering and preserving the Italian printed production at the national and local level; b) preserving, enhancing and promoting the historical collections; c) acquiring the published production on the basis of the specific collections and considering the users' needs: d) promoting the knowledge of the collections through bibliographic information and ensure the circulation of items. Such institutional functions are achieved also through scientific and cultural activities, sometimes in collaboration with other scientific institutions, such as exhibitions, meetings, lectures, edition and publication of catalogues, bibliographies etc. Web Catalogue     http://minerva.akros.it/sebina/opac.exe/anap System Vendor     Akros Informatica S.r.l.   Web libdex.com Bookstore Links abebooks Alibris Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Barnes & Noble BookCloseOuts Booksamillion.com Chapters Canada Questia More Bookstores