General Information

a name and address
1 Type of library university [Memorandum of understanding between universities : Paris I, Paris III, Paris IV, Paris V, Paris VII]
2 Name of library / Name of mother institution Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne / Université Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne
3 Address 13, rue de la Sorbonne
4 Phone / Fax / Email 00.33.1.40.46.30.27
00.33.1.40.46.30.44
administ@bis-sorbonne.fr
5 Name of the director of the library Philippe MARCEROU
6 Contact person for enquiries Philippe MARCEROU
philippe.marcerou@bis-sorbonne.fr
01.40.46.30.25
b population served
7 Current readership, number of registered readers 14031 [14031 people registered in 2012.]
8 Number of full time students 12022 [3rd year of licence in humanities (cf. memorandum of understanding),
master in humanities whatever university, PhD whatever university]
9 Number of part time students
10 Number of staff in institution 2101 [2101 professors registered in 2012. Assistants, professors and researchers from any higher education and research structure in France and abroad.]
c the old/original building(s)
11 Total floor area 8505 sq. metres [property of Paris City Council
construction : 1885-1902, Henri-Paul Nénot, architect.
opening : December, 29th 1897.]
12 Number of reader seats 576 [reading rooms:
- main reading room: 404 seats
- serials and periodicals
- bibliography
- special collections]
13 Total capacity of shelving 35000 linear metres
14 …in open access storage 8000 volumes [bad balance between:
- open spaces and stacks
- collections in open and restricted access]
15 …in closed access stacks 34500 linear metres [3 stacks:
- 2 towers of 8 levels each
- stacks in 5 main levels underneath the ground level]
16 Number of library staff 130 [20 curators and chief librarians
9 librarians
25 assistant
42 library employees
27 others
20 temporary staff members]
17 Opening hours to the public 59h / week - 274 days / year