Heritage library

In its spacious premises, the library offers a wide range of open-access journals, online resources and almost 80 000 documents. Its collections include works written by past and present teachers, publications dedicated to them, and recommended bibliographies for their lectures. In addition, it preserves and enriches an older collection, which can be consulted by appointment.

The reading rooms offer 58 seats and 6 carrels. They are equipped with wifi and computer workstations giving access to catalogs and online resources.

The library also has a sales point for publications edited by the Collège de France (opening lectures, closing lectures, exhibition catalogs, etc.).

The library is open to the general public, and in particular to researchers and lecture visitors, with research justification.

Access to collections :

Most of the collections are freely accessible in the four reading rooms. Older works, offprints and professors' collections are stored in warehouses and must be requested from the reception desk.

The loan of documents is reserved for the school's professors and research teams.

Sale of publications:

The library has a sales point for publications issued by the Collège de France:

• Opening lectures
• Closing lectures
• Directories
• Lettre du Collège de France
• Lectures
• Exhibition catalogs

Reading lists

The library regularly proposes bibliographies and presentations related to current lectures

• Selective bibliography on neo-Japanism
• Selective bibliography for the conference Histoire du Sahara (jusqu'à 650 de notre ère), May 16-18, 2022

Interlibrary loan (ILL):

This service enables registered readers to borrow documents not held at the Collège de France from external libraries. The Direction des bibliothèques, archives et collections (DBAC) of the Collège de France centralizes requests, and any reader wishing to obtain a document is invited to write to the following address :

Additional services :

• Photocopier (use of photocopies is subject to respect for copyright and the state of conservation of the document), wifi internet access, computer workstations for consulting catalogs and electronic resources.
• Information by mail, e-mail or telephone, bibliographic research online and on site.
• Training in research tools, use of electronic resources and bibliographic reference software.
• Discovery tours available for groups by prior arrangement with the Heritage Library.

Reservation of carrels and rooms:

These individual workspaces are located on the premises of the Bibliothèque patrimoniale and are available to Collège de France researchers and registered readers. Reservations are made via the Affluenceswebsite .

• Collège de France research teams can reserve a carrel, accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for a period of 3 months.
• Users from outside the Collège de France can reserve a carrel, accessible during library opening hours, for a period of one to five days.

Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm.
Closed in August and during the Christmas vacations.