The distribution of the Institute's publications is not limited to the UNAM's system of libraries, but extends to other sales outlets.
The electronic shop, still under construction, is also oriented towards the same /will also make a contribution to this effort, bringing the Institute's work to a broader public.
In August 2007, work started at the new branch headquarters of the Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas in the City of Oaxaca, which are lodged in an old domestic building in the Alameda de León, which dates from the eighteenth century and was received by the UNAM in commodatum in 2005.
This branch is home to a library comprising over six thousand volumes which belonged to Dr. Beatriz de la Fuente, among which are some facsimiles of pre-Hispanic codices.
Equipment installed is similar to that of the Francisco de la Maza room in the Institute's headquarters on the university campus in Mexico City, thus facilitating constant communication between both.