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Summer opening hours
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This is our last newsletter before the summer recess. We'll be back in September!
Summer opening hours
During the summer period (16 June till 30 September 2022), the Main Library will open as follows:
16 June - 30 June
Mondays to Fridays: 08:00 - 20:00
1 July - 31 July
Mondays to Fridays: 08:00 - 13:15
Saturdays: 09:00 - 12:15
1 August - 15 August
Closed for housekeeping activities
16 August - 31 August
Mondays to Fridays: 08:00 - 13:15
Saturdays: Closed
This publication is ideal for those who are attracted to portrait photography, in particular relating to fashion between 1830 and 1869.
1 September - 15 September
Monday to Friday: 08:00 - 13:15
Saturday: 09:00 - 12:15
16 September - 30 September
Monday to Friday: 08:00 - 16:45
Saturday: 09:00 - 12:15
For further information on the opening hours of Library departments, branch libraries and depositories visit our website.
Leonardo Preziosi who was a highly competent camera artist was known for fashion in Malta in the nineteenth century. His specialisation entailed full figure portraits in which the sitters' clothing defined their personae.
Training Workshops
No training workshops are taking place during summer months. If you wish to organise an individual session or a group training during summer recess kindly send us an email. New timetable will be uploaded in September.
Ebooks at the Library
Carry the Library with you, wherever you go - without carrying the weight! Ebooks are available remotely on 24/7 basis and accessible through your personal devices.
What's new in Melitensia
Melitensia’s book of the month – June 2022
Society Fashion in Malta by Caroline Tonna, published by Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti in 2022.
The book manifests the study of portrait photography of Leonardo Preziosi together with other photographs taken in Europe, impacted by the socio-political historical context of their time.
Society Fashion in Malta by Caroline Tonna, published by Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti in 2022.
The book manifests the study of portrait photography of Leonardo Preziosi together with other photographs taken in Europe, impacted by the socio-political historical context of their time.
Leonardo Preziosi who was a highly competent camera artist was known for fashion in Malta in the nineteenth century. His specialisation entailed full figure portraits in which the sitters' clothing defined their personae.
This publication is ideal for those who are attracted to portrait photography, in particular relating to fashion between 1830 and 1869.
News from the Archives and Rare Books section
Additions to The Professor Mario Buhagiar Bequest
The Library welcomes the third and fourth additions to The Professor Mario Buhagiar Bequest.
Additions to The Professor Mario Buhagiar Bequest
The Library welcomes the third and fourth additions to The Professor Mario Buhagiar Bequest.
The donations consist of 6 reports entitled "Protective Inventory of the Maltese Cultural Heritage" and 2 box files of material centring on Prof. Buhagiar's unpublished studies of the Maltese windmill.
Read more about this donation.
Listen to the episode about the JC Library from the Junior College radio programme mill-Kulleġġ, where Katja Zahra Camilleri talks about the role of the librarian in the digital age, as well as projects they are currently working on.
News from the Junior College Library
Listen to the episode about the JC Library from the Junior College radio programme mill-Kulleġġ, where Katja Zahra Camilleri talks about the role of the librarian in the digital age, as well as projects they are currently working on.
News from the Institute for European Studies Library
New publication at EDC
Small states and the European Migrant Crisis which includes contributions by Professor Roderick Pace from the Institute for European Studies.
Small states and the European Migrant Crisis which includes contributions by Professor Roderick Pace from the Institute for European Studies.
This book examines the experience of small states in Europe during the 2015–2016 migration crisis. It highlights the challenges small states and the European Union faced in addressing the massive irregular flow of migrants and refugees into Europe and the Schengen Area.
Past events: 'Europe Day' Quiz Night
The Institute for European Studies recently held its annual 'Europe Day' Quiz Night at Is-Suq Tal-Belt in Valletta. The event marked 9 May 2022, Europe Day and covered a range of European themes, including questions on the EU, European sports and Eurovision.
