·         Aim

The Banks Association of Turkey Library is a special library; its aim is to contribute to the development of banking profession in Turkey. It is responsible for providing the any kind of Library materials (books, journals, CD-ROMs, electronic resources etc.) and to its users through a variety of services including, traditional and other utilizing electronic capabilities.

• Access to the Library

The Library collection is available for both the staff members of the Banks Association of Turkey and the external borrowers including the bankers, academicians, researchers, and graduates.

• Library Opening Hours:

             Monday – Friday                     Morning        : 10.00-12.00

                                                            Afternoon      : 13.00-17.00

             The Library is closed at the weekend.

• Library Collection

The Library has a growing collection of books, journals, statistics, discussion papers, and the body of current law and regulations. The collection is arranged according to the Dewey Decimal Classification system and Anglo American Cataloging Rules2.

Books: The subject of the General Book Collection is mainly related to banking, economy, money, monetary policy, stock exchange, capital markets, European Union, international relations, banking law and regulation, management, trade.  

Journals: The subject of the journals is related to the banking, money and finance. Many of these journals are bound and its available their back issues.

Statistics: The statistics, which are published by the public institutions and the banks operating in Turkey, considering the Turkish economy and the banking system and the statistics of foreign institutions, foundations, organizations, the Central Banks of European Union members are available. 

Discussion Papers: All discussion papers of Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Bank for International Settlements, IMF, etc. are available.

The Body of Current Law and Regulations Collection: This collection includes the complete set of the national law and regulations considering the banking and financial sector.  

• Circulation

Staff members of the Banks Association of Turkey have a privilege to access and borrow library materials. They may borrow 15 items for a month.

Individual borrowers may borrow 4 items for one day in return for their ID cards to the Library. Photocopying is limited with 10 pages for each individual user.

Current issues of periodicals, statistics, annual reports and some of The Banks Association of Turkey’s publications are not allowed to circulate.

·   Interlibrary Loan

Loan period per item (including postal transit time) below:

In İstanbul                  2 items                       2 weeks

Out of İstanbul          2 items                        3 weeks

·  Current Awareness Services

You can find information about new publications delivered by our library from the “New Publications” link in our web site.

For more detailed information about the library please contact with the Librarians.

 kutuphane@tbb.org.tr