Libraries and archives

The Collège de France boasts a rich documentary network comprising an archive, twelve specialized libraries and a number of cross-disciplinary missions.

Collège de France libraries adapt to summer schedules

  • Anthropology Department (Claude Lévi-Strauss library): closed from August1 to August 31
  • Egyptology and Ancient Near East: closed from August1 to August 31
  • Heritage division (library and archives): closed from August1 to 31
  • Asian Worlds Department: open all summer from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Mediterranean and African Worlds Department (Byzantine library, Ottoman studies library): closed from July 28 to August 31

Presentation

The Collège de France has a rich documentary network comprising an archives service, twelve specialized libraries and cross-disciplinary missions (ILL, bibliometrics and online resources, etc.). It also boasts a collection of scientific instruments and works of art. The Department of Libraries, Archives and Collections (DBAC) coordinates this collection and supports or pilots projects involving digitization, exhibitions, modernization of research tools, open science and partnerships with other institutions : Archives nationales, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Bibliothèque de Taiwan, Musée du Louvre, Ville de Montgeron, etc.

It runs a research notebook called Colligere to present the collections and encourage research on the holdings. It is the contact point for national and international documentation and archive bodies (ministries and supervisory departments, Agence Bibliographique de l'Enseignement Supérieur for the Sudoc and Calames networks, Archives Nationales for the Portail France Archives, etc.). It examines library, archival and museum issues, and places its expertise at the service of the institution.

Libraries and departments are spread over two sites: 11, place Marcelin-Berthelot for the heritage library, the museum collection, the research services and online resources department, and the archives service, 52, rue du Cardinal-Lemoine for libraries specialized in the human and social sciences, grouped into four poles with the research chairs and teams within the Institute of Civilizations.

Contact

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