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

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.]

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