Bibliothèque universitaire des langues et civilisations

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Bulac
Logo of the Bulac
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CountryFrance
EstablishedDecember 12, 2011 (2011-12-12)
Architect
Location13th arrondissement of Paris
Coordinates48°49′37.8″N 2°22′32.5″E / 48.827167°N 2.375694°E / 48.827167; 2.375694Coordinates: 48°49′37.8″N 2°22′32.5″E / 48.827167°N 2.375694°E / 48.827167; 2.375694
Collection
Items collected1,500,000
Size1,500,000 title Edit this on Wikidata
Access and use
Members27,000 in 2019
Other information
Budget€5,000,000
Director
Staff111 in 2019
Websitewww.bulac.fr
Map
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References: https://www.bulac.fr/, https://www.bulac.fr/la-bulac/la-bulac-en-chiffres/chiffres-2019/
BULAC sign

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 .[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  [fr] made of the following institutions:

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  [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]

References[]

  1. ^ "L'essentiel" (in French). Official website of the BULAC.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "BULAC Library two years after opening". University of Helsinki.
  4. ^ "Bibliothèque universitaire des Langues et Civilisations" (in French). La Chancellerie des universités de Paris.
  5. ^ Pauline (12 April 2012). "BULAC (Bibliothèque Universitaire des langues et civilisations)". Evous (in French). Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  6. ^ "350 langues, 80 alphabets dans une seule bibliothèque… Défis et enjeux" (in French). The International Federation of Library Associations.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Le Pôle des langues et civilisations" (in French). Official website of the BULAC.
  9. ^ "Le guide du lecteur" (PDF) (in French). Official website of the BULAC.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Le projet BULAC en chiffre" (PDF) (in French). Official website of the BULAC.
  11. ^ "L'assemblée général" (in French). Official website of the BULAC.
  12. ^ "Le conseil scientifique" (in French). Official website of the BULAC.
  13. ^ "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.

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