The (BEIC, "European library of information and culture") is an ongoing project based in Milan, Italy for the realization of a new modern library. It began in the late 1990s, when Antonio Padoa-Schioppa submitted the idea for the first time to the City of Milan and the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism. The library is split in two main units: physical and virtual.

BeicDL

The BEIC digital library (BeicDL) inauguration took place on 30 November 2012 and it has more than 27.000 digital objects and 3.000 authors. The items are articulated in semantic collections and are freely accessible through the web.

Archive of the Regional legal deposit of Lombardy

According to Italian Law 106 of 15 April 2004 all the Italian Region must collect all the items submitted for legal deposit. Lombardy Region has entrusted the management of its Archive of Published Documents to BEIC, with the support of the

Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense The or Braidense National Library, usually known as the Biblioteca di Brera, is a public library in Milan, in northern Italy. It is one of the largest libraries in Italy. Initially it contained large historical and scientific collections before i ...

of Milan. The Archive has its own

online public access catalogue The online public access catalog (OPAC), now frequently synonymous with ''library catalog'', is an online database of materials held by a library or group of libraries. Online catalogs have largely replaced the analog card catalogs previously u ...

Paolo Monti Archive

In 2008 BEIC acquired the whole

Paolo Monti Paolo Monti (11 August 1908 – 29 November 1982) was an Italian photographer, known for his architectural photography. In his early period, Monti experimented with abstractionism as well as with effects such as blurring and diffraction. In 1 ...

Archive, declared of notable historical interest by the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities. The Archive - counting more than 223,000 negatives, 12,244 prints, and 790

chemigram A chemigram (from "chemistry" and ''gramma'', Greek for "things written") is an experimental piece of art where an image is made by painting with chemicals on light-sensitive paper (such as photographic paper). The term ''Chemigram'' was coined ...

s - has been catalogued and opened to the public.

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