Bibliothèque universitaire des langues et civilisations
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The Bibliothèque universitaire des langues et civilisations (BULAC) is a major academic library located in Paris Rive Gauche and which has been open to the public since its 2011 opening. The library has a scope that includes all languages and civilisations that are not those of the Western World.[1][2][3][4][5] It provides more than one million documents written in all languages,[6] formed from the former collections of more than 20 libraries.[7]
Building
The construction of the building began in summer 2008. The architect is Yves Lion.[8] The library has five floors within the building, the public space is on three floors with 910 seats.[9]
The building is under the responsibility of the region Île-de-France which also provided two-thirds of the financing, the French State provided the rest. The financing was about 80 million euros.[10]
The operating cost is about 2.5 million euros per year.
Status
The BULAC is legally a groupement d'intérêt public [fr] made of the following institutions:
- The French State (ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche [fr]);
- Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO);
- École pratique des hautes études (EPHE);
- School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS);
- École française d'Extrême-Orient;
- Pantheon-Sorbonne University;
- University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle;
- Paris-Sorbonne University;
- Paris Diderot University;
- centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS).
The BULAC is administrated by a general assembly where the ministry has four representatives (two interested in higher education, two interested in research). The other preceding institutions have one representative each.[11] A conseil scientifique [fr] made of French and foreign professors and researchers defines the general Collection Management Policy.[12]
- Direction
BULAC direction is made of a director, a vice-director and a scientific director.[13]
- Director: Marie-Lise Tsagouria
- Vice-director: Jean-François Chanal
- Scientific director: Benjamin Guichard who took over from Francis Richard in 2015
References
- ^ "L'essentiel" (in French). Official website of the BULAC.
- ^ "Un nouveau pôle des langues et civilisations tout proche de la BnF" (in French). École nationale supérieure des sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques. Archived from the original on 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
- ^ "BULAC Library two years after opening". University of Helsinki.
- ^ "Bibliothèque universitaire des Langues et Civilisations" (in French). La Chancellerie des universités de Paris.
- ^ Pauline (12 April 2012). "BULAC (Bibliothèque Universitaire des langues et civilisations)". Evous (in French). Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ "350 langues, 80 alphabets dans une seule bibliothèque… Défis et enjeux" (in French). The International Federation of Library Associations.
- ^ Lo, Patrick; KW Chiu, Dickson; Cho, Allan (3 April 2017). Inside the World's Major East Asian Collections: One Belt, One Road, and Beyond. Chandos Publishing. p. 209. ISBN 9780081021460.
- ^ "Le Pôle des langues et civilisations" (in French). Official website of the BULAC.
- ^ "Le guide du lecteur" (PDF) (in French). Official website of the BULAC.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Le projet BULAC en chiffre" (PDF) (in French). Official website of the BULAC.
- ^ "L'assemblée général" (in French). Official website of the BULAC.
- ^ "Le conseil scientifique" (in French). Official website of the BULAC.
- ^ "Organigramme de la BULAC" (PDF) (in French). Official website of the BULAC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
External links
- Official website (in French)
- Catalog (in French)
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