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The library, that is specialized in astronomy and astrophysics, was born at the beginning of the XVIII century together with the foundation of the Specola di Bologna by Eustachio Manfredi. Today it is a part of the Library System of the University of Bologna and is active in both of the main Italian online library catalogues,ACNP (for serials) and SBN (for books).
The library is mainly destinated to the bolognese astronomers and to the students of the local degree course in astronomy, but counts among its users also amateur astronomers, school teachers and other scholars, like for example physicists, historians and philosophers of science.
The students of the scientific Departments of the University of Bologna are welcome.