FYIFrance: French Libraries Online (Selected), and BNdF news (pt.1/3)


Headnote #1: FYIFrance on BIBLIO - FR

This December 15, 1994 issue marks the debut of FYIFrance on the 
BIBLIO - FR e - conference, and thus an increased readership of several
hundred librarians and other information specialists who actually are
in France. This is an extra appeal to readers, then -- particularly to
those new readers who are in France -- to update the following list:
any corrections, additions, or deletions which might be suggested will
be gratefully received via email to  kessler@well.sf.ca.us .

Headnote #2: the Bibliothe`que Nationale de France -- latest news

"Les nouvelles" on the TGB/BDF/BNdF include (these from an official BNdF 
report, _Le site Tolbiac, 1994_, just released): 

1) there will be a "free access" collection of 4 - to - 500,000 volumes, 
which gradually will expand its store of microforms, digitized and 
audiovisual documents; 

2) there will be 3600 "reading places", of which 1556 in the "upper 
garden" will be for users of the "free access" collection, who must be 
over 18 or holders of a baccalaure'at degree, and 2034 in the "lower 
garden" will be "reserved for researchers" (no, I don't know who gets 
the 10 extra seats) -- the new premises are designed to accommodate 
3,600,000 visitors per year; 

3) the general collections are being reorganized (goodbye to the  
syste`me Cle'ment, although I'm told that the old "cotations" will be 
retained) into four sections: a) "sciences et techniques", b) 
"litte'rature et art", c) "science politiques, juridiques et 
e'conomiques", d) and, "philosophie, histoire, sciences de l'homme et de 
la socie'te'", and yes there do happen to be four towers in the 
building's design;

4) numerous meetings and exhibitions (a 1400 sq.m. exhibit center, and a 
meeting center with a 350 - seat auditorium, one 200 - seat room, and 
six 50 - seat rooms, plus "shops, cafe's and restaurants" will be 
provided), and the publication of special editions, are anticipated; 

5) hi - tech will be used for reader registration, advance reservation 
of reading places and of specific documents, both on - site and dial - 
in catalog consultation (7 million records), stack delivery (an 
"automatic document transport system" is being built, using 8 km. of 
rails and 150 collection sites), and computer - assisted workstations 
for digitized text and audiovisual documents; 

6) the formal association with various regional libraries will be 
continued (with 54 bibliothe`ques municipales and 31 bibliothe`ques 
universitaires), for ILL and general cooperation and for the 
creation of a French Union Catalog (13 million records); 

7) acquisitions are to be shared with several "associated" libraries: 
the BM Poitiers, the BU Strasbourg, the BM and BU and ENSSIB (national 
library school) in Lyon, the BU Grenoble, and three Paris libraries;

7) completion date for the building now is "Spring 1995"; 

8) moving the books, etc., now is expected to take 18 months, for an 
opening date of "Autumn / October, 1996". 

The collection at that date will contain: 400,000 volumes in the "free 
access" section (a note says this will expand to 850,000 "eventually"); 
10 million volumes in stacks; 350,000 periodicals titles (32,000 French 
current, 8,500 foreign current); 75,800 microfilms; 1 million 
microfiches; 100,000 digitized texts (30 million pages); 80,000 hours of 
animated images; 300,000 digitized fixed images; 650,000 "images coming 
from diverse banks of edited images" (? unsure myself what this means); 
and 600,000 hours of sound documents.

Fe'licitations, messieurs / mesdames de la BNdF, et bonne chance!


		French Libraries Online (Selected)

		As of: December 15, 1994

		France leads the world in significant increases in Internet 
		nodes this year (through July): 117%!

by: 	Jack Kessler
	kessler@well.sf.ca.us

Outline:

A) Libraries
	1) Minitel "kiosk" libraries
	2) Minitel "V23" Direct - Dial Libraries
	3) telnet (ie. from the Internet)
	4) WEBsites, Mosaic "home pages", etc.
	5) President's Report, Conseil Supe'rieur des Bibliothe`ques
B) Fulltext
	1) anonymous ftp sites
	2) gophers
	3) Fulltext archives
C) Discussion
	1) Electronic Conferences
	2) Usenet
	3) "Frognet"

	
A) Libraries
 
		1) Minitel "kiosk" Libraries. 

These now may be reached from nearly anywhere via Minitel. Minitel is
generally available in Europe. Free MAC or DOS diskettes for Minitel may 
be obtained in the US and Canada from voice telephone 800-MINITEL. (They 
will fax you a form.) Access policies do change from time to time. 
Access to all of this is very IN- expensive:

3615 BMLYON   	Bibliothe`que Municipale de Lyon 
3614 BMDIJON  	Bibliothe`que Municipale de Dijon 
3614 BIB      	Bibliothe`que Municipale de Grenoble 
3614 BIB38    	Grenoble, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
3614 BIB38 code ECH  Echirolles, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
3614 BIB38    	Pont de Claix, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
3614 MADOC    	Bibliothe`que Professionelle de France Te'le'com 
3614 MEDVIL   	Me'diathe`que, Cite' des Sciences et de l'Industrie
3614 NANCY    	Bibliothe`que Municipale de Nancy 
3614 VDP14    	Vide'othe`que de Paris 
3614 VINBIB   	Vincennes, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
3615 ABCDOC   	Archives, Bibliothe`ques, Centres de Documentation
               	(directory)
3615 BIBNAT   	Bibliothe`que Nationale (info. -- no opac, yet)
3615 BMLIM    	Limoges, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
3615 BPI      	Bib. Publique d'Information (Centre Pompidou, Paris) 
3615 BRISE    	Bibliothe`ques de St. Etienne 
3615 DASTUM   	Photote`que Dastum, Breton culture 
3615 MARSEILLE 	Marseille, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
3615 MIRADOC  	Bibliothe`que Universite' de Metz 
3615 VDP15    	Vide'othe`que de Paris 
3617 BIUP     	Bibliothe`que Inter-Universitaire de Pharmacie
3617 CCN      	Catalogue Collectif National des Publications en
               	Se'rie (national union catalog project, serials)
3617 PANCA    	Pancatalogue (national union catalog project, books)

		2) Minitel "V23" Direct-Dial Libraries. 

The following French library services are among a quickly increasing
number which may be reached by a telephone call, either from a Minitel
which can do so (European terminals can, but North American Minitel
service distributed per the above cannot), or using a V23 modem,
available in European computer stores. French scholars will be pleased
to see a number of famous resources appearing here. Even cheese
connoisseurs will find something familiar. Public librarians everywhere
will be pleased to see some very tiny and obscure institutions
appearing here, and they might note the extraordinary breadth of the
French "Bibliothe`que Municipale" (not quite a "public" library, but
the closest thing) offerings online:

39.11.10.04		Ache`res, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
79.37.17.22	  	Albertville, Bibliothe`que Municipale d'
22.97.11.11       	Amiens, Bibliothe`que d' 
41.86.18.00	  	Angers, Bibliothe`que Municipale d'
50.87.06.96	  	Annemasse, Bibliothe`que Municipale d'
75.67.90.50	  	Annonay, Bibliothe`que Municipale d'
90.49.38.88       	Arles, Bibliothe`que Municipale d'
90.82.97.08	  	Avignon, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
59.25.51.75	  	Bayonne, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
44.06.36.17	  	Beauvais, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
21.56.69.72	  	Be'thune, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
43.77.01.22	  	Bonneuil sur Marne, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
75.43.13.10	  	Bourg les Valence, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
74.28.64.93	  	Bourgoin Jallieu, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
98.34.30.47	  	Brest, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
31.86.14.14       	Caen, Bibliothe`que Municipale de 
56.89.88.89	  	Canejan, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
92.98.19.19	  	Cannes, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
56.38.39.10	  	Carbon Blanc, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
56.78.16.18 		Cestas, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
51.68.39.91	  	Challans, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
50.53.28.70       	Chamonix, Bibliothe`que Municipale de 
43.78.27.94	  	Charenton le Pont, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
92.64.01.80	  	Chateau Arnoux, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
80.51.98.91	  	Chenove, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
16.1.64.48.60.07  	Chilly-Mazarin, Bibliothe`que de 
46.48.38.38	  	Clamart, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
64.88.64.04	  	Combs La Ville, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
70.64.55.82	  	Commentry, Bibliothe`que Municipale de 
98.50.84.85	  	Concarneau, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
34.90.04.89	  	Conflans Ste. Honorine, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
49.05.36.10	  	La Cre`che, Bibliothe`que Municipale de 
92.31.09.69	  	Digne, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
69.39.35.00	  	Epinay sous Senart, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
69.10.05.57	  	Epinay sur Orge, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
78.70.60.38	  	Feyzin, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
43.48.53.65	  	La Fle`che, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
33.64.97.24	  	Flers, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
63.81.20.24	  	Gaillac, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
92.51.76.35	  	Gap, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
35.68.93.72	  	Grand Quevilly, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
28.65.59.43	  	Gravelines, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
57.93.11.84	  	Le Haillan, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
59.20.42.27	  	Hendaye, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
31.44.46.60	  	Herouville, Bibliothe`que Municipale de
16.1.42.77.19.16  	IRCAM, Institut de Recherche et Coordination
                 	Acoustique/Musique, Centre Pompidou, Paris 

(more -- to be continued in part 2/3)
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