Library - Dept. of Earth Sciences
The Library of the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Turin, established in 2015, consists of the “R. Malaroda” and “G. Spezia” sections, which have inherited the collections of the former departments.
The library specifically serves the academic disciplines of the Department of Earth Sciences and develops its collections in the fields of paleontology, stratigraphy, structural geology, geomorphology, mineralogy and crystallography, petrology, geochemistry and volcanology, mineral resources, and geophysics.
- "Roberto Malaroda" Section
Address: Via Valperga Caluso, 35 – 10125 Turin
Opening hours: Monday–Friday: 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Contact details: bibliomalaroda.dst@unito.it
Tel.: +39 011 670 5185
SDN Hub Digitisation Laboratory: +39 011 670 8368
Purchase requests: bibliospezia.dst@unito.it
Staff: Enrico Tichelio
The library is part of the Library Services Area of the Science of Nature Hub (SDN).
For information about the services offered, please see the menu on the homepage.
The library is accessible to people with disabilities. Parking is available nearby, in the Torino Esposizioni area.
Any changes to opening hours or temporary closures will be announced in the notices section of the Natural Sciences Libraries website homepage.
Access to the library is by reservation through Affluences.
Address: Via Valperga Caluso, 35 – 10125 Turin
Opening hours: Services related to materials in the Spezia section are provided by the Malaroda section
Contact details: bibliospezia.dst@unito.it
Staff: Katia Blanc
The two sections, ‘R. Malaroda’ and ‘G. Spezia’, have inherited the book and map collections of the former Department of Earth Sciences and the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology.
The library’s collection comprises 20,000 books, 26,000 volumes of periodicals and 4,000 documents of various kinds.
Historical Archive
The archival collection of the Library of the Department of Earth Sciences documents the activities of the Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and its associated Museum between 1841 and 1983.