The ‘Petru Birladeanu’ Italian L2 Library at the University Language Centre, which opened on 8 October 2010, was established to support teaching and research in the field of teaching Italian as a second language and as a foreign language.
The library forms part of the University’s library system (https://www.sba.unina.it/) and is located at the Language Centre’s premises at Via Mezzocannone 8, 5th floor. The materials held there are freely accessible for consultation on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10.00 to 13.00, and on other days by appointment.

For information, please contact Dr Anna Baldan (anna.baldan@unina.it; 0812532095)

The library is organised into subject areas according to an internal scheme, which has also been followed in the physical arrangement of the volumes on the shelves, so that books on related topics are placed in the same section.


The sections are:

1) Section A – Italian Linguistics;
2) Section B – Theory and practice of teaching Italian (Language Teaching);
3) Section C – Dictionaries and Grammar Books;
4) Section D – Textbooks with exercises and resources for teachers;
5) Section E – Professional language (Specialist fields);
6) Section F – Italian as a foreign language (LS) and Italians abroad;
7) Section G – Italian for language certification;
8) Section H – Italian in traditional and new media, the internet;
9) Section I – Italian and popular culture;
10) Section L – Italian and immigration/emigration (multiculturalism – Interculturalism);
11) Section M – Conference proceedings.

The library contains books, periodicals and online resources.
The library is open to everyone on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10.00 to 13.00 and on other days by appointment.
In the event of overcrowding that jeopardises safety and the proper use of the reading room, staff may restrict access. Priority will be given to teaching and research staff affiliated with the department and to students.
Materials may be consulted after signing the entry register; external borrowing is not permitted.
Photocopiers may be used within the limits set by copyright law.
Users are required to:
behave in a polite and appropriate manner, complying with instructions given by staff;
refrain from making photocopies except within the limits permitted by current legislation;
return any material consulted to the relevant staff member.

The internet stations, computer networks in general and multimedia stations in the reading room may be used exclusively for consulting electronic resources and for bibliographic research (consulting catalogues, databases, online journals, etc.) for study purposes.
Users are required to comply with current legislation when using electronic networks.
Any user who breaches the above rules will be asked to leave by library staff and will have their access to the library revoked.

The L2 Italian Library holds a selection of print journals on linguistics and the teaching of Italian as a foreign language.

Catalogue of journals from the “Petru Birladeanu” Library in HTML format from ACNP

Petru Bîrlădeanu (1977–26 May 2009) was a Romanian musician and citizen who emigrated to Italy in the hope of a better life. He used to earn a living by playing the accordion on the carriages of the Cumana railway in Naples, always accompanied by his wife Mirela.
On 26 May 2009, he was killed in a shooting at the Montesanto Cumana station: shot in the chest and leg, he lay dying amongst the turnstiles blocking access to the platforms and died because he did not receive immediate medical assistance.
His ‘accidental’ death was the result of a feud between local clans, namely the Mariano-Elia-Lepre and the Ricci-Sarno clans. On that late afternoon, eight people on motorbikes were riding along Via Pignasecca, firing bursts of shots into the air to demonstrate their control over the area.
Following various investigations, officers from the Naples Mobile Squad arrested Marco Mariano, a former boss of the Quartieri Spagnoli.
In March 2012, the trial against Petru Bîrlădeanu’s killers concluded, resulting in the sentencing of Mario Ricci, Salvatore and Maurizio Forte (members of the Sarno clan) to 30 years’ imprisonment.
To this day, the memory of Petru Bîrlădeanu is honoured through cultural and social initiatives aimed at promoting values such as the rule of law, solidarity and justice. Among these is the Italian as a Second Language (L2) library at the University of Naples Federico II, inaugurated on 8 October 2010 and dedicated to the Romanian musician.

Source: Fondazione Pol.i.s. (https://fondazionepolis.regione.campania.it/petru_birladeanu_.)