ICIA Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias

Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias: library and documentation

Member and founder of the Agricultural Information and Documentation Network, integrated by libraries specialized in Spanish agrarian topics.

Information:

Adress: Finca “Isamar”, Carretera El Boquerón, Valle de Guerra, Tenerife
P.O. Box: 60 – Zip code 38200 La Laguna - Tenerife
Telephone: 922476327 y 922476328
Fax: 922476303
E-mail: biblioteca@icia.es

Time schedule:

The access to the reading room is free. Monday to Friday, from 8:30 to 14:00 h.

Staff:

- Ángel González Torres (Manager)
- Milagros Yanes Herreros (Library assistant)

Library collections, specialized in Agriculture, Botany and related sciences

1) Individual publications (books and leaflets)
    a) 11.000 books
    b) 16.000 leaflets
2) Periodic publications(journals)
    a) 1.200 titles in total
    b) More than 250 active subscriptions
3) Documentation in other media
    a) 3.500 microforms
    b) CDs, DVDs, maps, etc.

Services

1) Access to scientific and technical information.
    a) International databases
    b) Databases generated by the researchers at ICIA
    c) Automatic catalogs (for batches since 1999)
    d) Paper catalogues (for batches before 1999), according to Spanish library norms.
    e) Acquisition of original publications.
    f) Acquisition of document copies (authors/libraries/documentary institutions, etc.)
2) Retrospective bibliographic search.
3) Weekly newsletter about the arrival of new documents on paper and digital media.
4) Loan service inside the reading room. We have more than 1.500 external visitors per year.
5) Reprographics.
6) Interlibrary loan service
7) Interchange of publications

Rules

The reading room can be freely accessed by the general public in the time schedule shown below. Due to the limited space, the ICIA staff will be given priority.
All those who access to the reading room are subject to the rules and conditions established by the ICIA.
The direct access to the library collections is restricted to the ICIA staff and assigned people.
The external loan is restricted to ICIA staff and assigned people.