Libraries of Barcelona

In Barcelona there are currently 36 public libraries distributed throughout the city that offer a multitude of services to all citizens, including national or foreign students.

Getting the license user of public libraries is free and can make the process online without leaving your dorm in Barcelona, through the following link: Get library card It is important to know also that the card is valid the libraries of the city and the province.

This card will give you access not only to the consultation of books, magazines, CDs, videos, DVDs, CD-ROM, also to many interesting services and activities for you to just come to live in Barcelona and need, not just document yourself to successfully overcome your studies, but interact and discover the cultural activity of the city; so the library card allows you also have access to electronic databases, internet i audiovisual equipment, loan documents from the library or from other libraries in the network, loan service eBiblio digital content, copy services, and even loan a laptop if yours has had a problem and have sent for repair, for example.

There are also organized cultural activities and promotion of reading, where we highlight language exchange groups so that through reading can further deepen learning Spanish or any other language. Get the schedules of these groups and sign that you prove more interesting!

Furthermore you get discounts on cultural activities of the city's theaters, cinemas, bookstores ...

Clearly, libraries are no longer what they were, and have become open and dynamic centers, providing no access to knowledge of democratic and actively attentive to the demands of citizens and connected with the new technological context adapting the new current needs.
Although there will be a library where study and consult matters related to your specific studies in your university or school, have the library card is much more than having another space where you can view and focus.

On this website you can find all the necessary information regarding the network of public libraries in Barcelona: Barcelona Biblioteques

Look for  the closest library  to your dorm and start enjoying the culture of the city!