Academic Library
The core mission of the Academic Library is to support pedagogical process and artistic and scientific works of pedagogical staff, academy students and users from other educational institutions with publications and information.
New books
Content:
1-5
Digital Arts
6-10
Photography
15-16
Ceramics
17-21
Conservation and Restoration
22-23
Art Theory
24-25
Interdisciplinary
The acquisition was supported from public funds by the Slovak arts council
Regime of the Academic Library AFAD from 1 September 2024
Art Study in the SNG building :
Mon: closed
Tue: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Wed: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Thu: 12 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Fri: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sat: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m.
ATTENTION: Please, use the entrance through the gallery court.
Department of the Academic Library AFAD, Hviezdoslavovo námestie 18:
Loans, orders, study:
MON: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
TUE: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
WED: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
THU: closed
FRI: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Further instructions:
The common project of the SNG and AFAD libraries means that the library members are inscribed in both libraries . The members to one of these libraries before the common project have the right to decide if they wish to keep their membership under these conditions. They confirm their membership by signing the consent to both libraries to process their personal data.
New library members grant this consent by pre-registration .
Pre-registration is realized individually online before the first visit to the library. Having pre-registered, the new library members can borrow/reserve their study documents thereupon. The new members receive their library passes upon their first visit. The passes issued before the common project stay valid.
ATTENTION: The former members of the Academic Library AFAD will have to change their passwords to IPAC upon their first visit to the online catalogue after the merge of library systems (19 February 2024).
Borrowed/reserved documents will be issued earliest the next working day. Temporary we will notify you by an email confirmation that your documents are ready for withdrawal and where - documents with the location SNG are issued in the Art Study, documents with the location H18 are issued in the department of the Academic Library AFAD at Hviezdoslavovo námestie 18. Unless you are instructed otherwise, the documents should be returned in the same location where issued.
Take-out loans are possible for AFAD students, AFAD and SNG employees for the period of 30 days (if not specified differently, e. g. AFAD pedagogues) with the possibility of prolongation unless there is a new document reservation pending. Take-out loans apply for the documents with locations Sklad SNG and Malý sklad H18.
AFAD students are authorised to take out all documents with the location/dislocation Malý sklad H18, Sklad SNG, except documents categorized K, KV (exhibition catalogues) that can be studied in the Art study.
All documents in the online catalogue can be studied in one of the abovementioned study rooms according to the location. Please, that documents with the location/dislocation Sklad SNG, Malý sklad H18, Sklad časopisecký H18 need to be reserved at least one day ahead. Documents with the location/dislocation Študovňa SNG are available in the open-access book stack.