GENERAL INFORMATION
FACILITIES / PHOTOGRAPH PICTURES
The Library has its origin in the
personal collection of Jose Ortega y Gasset donated by his heirs,
to which some legacies from other institutions and personal
libraries have been added.
The Library has three sections: collection of books, periodicals,
and the record library. The collection of books has nowadays
45,000 volumes. New acquisitions are mainly oriented to satisfy
the necessities of the programs in Linguistics, Contemporary
History, Latinamerica, International Relations, Public Policy,
European Economy, European Studies, and Cultural Management.
The collection of the Library is incorporated to the CIRBIC
catalogue of the Library Network of the Consejo Superior de
Investigaciones Científicas.
One important section of the Library is formed by its collection
of periodicals. Some of them, difficult to find nowadays,
belonged to the library of Jose Ortega y Gasset. The present
periodicals, around 150 titles, are mainly grouped in the area of
Social Sciences and Humanities, and they come in most cases from
Great Britain, Germany, Latinamerica, and the United States.
The record library contains records from seminars, lectures and
other events held in the Instituto. At the present days this
collection has more than 2,000 records.
THE ARCHIVES
The Archives aim to contribute to the research about Ortega. They
contain written and photographic documentation proceeding from
the collection of Jose Ortega y Gasset and families Ortega
Munilla-Gasset and Spottorno Topete. All this documentation has
been microfilmed and catalogued distinguishing the following kind
of documents: manuscripts, letters, notes, and bibliography. The
microfilmation has been sponsored by the Hispanic Division of the
Library of Congress in Washington.
The Fundación José Ortega y Gasset also holds the Archives of
José Luis Ruiz de Arana, Duque de Baena, which are very relevant
for the study of our contemporary history. The Archives of the
Residencia de Señoritas are also placed in the Fundación,
appropiately inventoried and catalogued.
The collection of documents about Ortega, complementary to the
archives, aims to be highly exhaustive and it is constantly
enriched with informations and data about the actual diffusion of
Ortega y Gasset´s work. An universal bibliography about Ortega
is being elaborated, containing all the works by Ortega in its
several editions as well as all the research works about the
philosopher.
The Dirección General de Patrimonio Cultural from the
Consejería de Educación y Cultura of the Comunidad Autónoma de
Madrid declared the Library and Archives of Jose Ortega y Gasset
Bienes de Interes Cultural (Goods of Cultural Interest) by
resolution of August 2nd 1995.
Reading rooms: 2
Reference room: 1
Reading seats: 20
Computers for bibliographical search: 2
The Library is open, for its CONSULTATION IN ROOM, to the personnel and students of the Foundation and the University Institute and to professors and properly credited investigators.
To the SERVICE OF LOAN the following groups:
-Staff and students of the Foundation and the University Institute.
-Staff of the CSIC with identification card O1 and users with identification card 04 of the following Libraries of the CSIC:
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