Bibliothèque universitaire des langues et civilisations

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]

BULAC sign

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 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 conseil scientifique 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.
  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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