The Tornquist Library was founded in 1916 by Ernesto Tornquist y Cía., a traditional Argentine firm with immense prestige, and huge projections on the economic and financial life of our country. This library operated inside such company for internal users and the general public until 1975 when its shareholders’ meeting adopted the resolution to endow it to the BCRA.
Its collections reflect the concerns of its founders who had gathered wide background information that helped understand the Argentine financial economic process. Thus, this library is specialized in topics such as economics, banking, finance, industry, agriculture, livestock and oil. It contains 35,842 books and monographs, 1,155 periodical publications and manuscripts of influential persons of the Argentine history. Its chronological records cover from early 19th century to 1975.
Services
The Library makes searches for specialized information, renders reference service, and allows the public to have access to all its collections available. It has rooms for both group study and quiet study, and for searching databases, reprography. Moreover, the Library offers a copying service for a fee and a self-copy service free of charge as under the restrictions of the Copyright Law and the collections’ preservation status.
Contact
Monday to Friday from 10 am to 3 pm. (+54 11) 4348-3500 extension 2803. biblio@bcra.gob.ar
Reconquista 266, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. San Martín Building, ground floor, office 4.
