1. Cultural events
   1. Exhibitions
   2. Virtual exhibitions
2. Collections and services
   1. Digital Libraries - Gallica
      1. Access to Gallica digital library
      2. Gallica Experiment: Offering Digital Documents
      3. Europeana
   2. Catalogs
      1. Access to the catalogue général de la BnF
      2. Access to the Union Catalog of France (CCFr)
      3. Access to BnF archives et manuscrits
      4. Access to Mandragore
      5. Access to the catalogue de La Joie par les Livres
      6. Information concerning online catalogs
   3. Collections and departments
      1. Arts
      2. Law, economics, politics
      3. Languages and literatures
      4. Book, press and media
      5. Science and technology
      6. Humanities, philosophy and religion
      7. Social sciences
      8. The departments
   4. Information retrieval aids
      1. Ask a librarian (SINDBAD)
      2. Guide de recherche en bibliothèque
      3. Bibliographies
   5. Reproduction services
      1. Reproduction Products and Fees
      2. How to order reproductions?
      3. Picture Collection
      4. Commercial use of documents
      5. For image professionals
      6. Contact and useful links
   6. Reader registration for the Research Library
3. The BnF
   1. Practical information
      1. How to find us ?
      2. Reading rooms opening hours
      3. Admission to the reading rooms and reader’s cards rates
      4. Reserving seats and documents
      5. Research library document release times
      6. Exhibition opening hours
      7. Exhibition fees
      8. Shops and Refreshment areas
   2. About the Library
      1. BnF archives
      2. BnF Presentation Space
      3. BnF in images
      4. Internet archive: forecast study
   3. Renovation work at Richelieu Library
      1. What's new?
      2. Consulting documents at Richelieu Library
      3. Why renovating Richelieu Library?
      4. Major phases of Richelieu renovation project
      5. The protagonists of Richelieu renovation project
4. Professionals
   1. Digital legal deposit
      1. International cooperation
      2. Four questions about Web Archiving
   2. ISSN, ISBN, other identifiers
      1. Other international identifiers
   3. Cataloging and indexing
      1. Description and access
      2. Formats and encoding
      3. Data exchange protocols
      4. Modelling and Ontologies
      5. Authorities
   4. BnF data services
      1. BnF data sets
      2. Tools for downloading BnF data sets
   5. National cooperation
      1. Creating a national network
      2. CCFr and collection referencing
      3. Regional cooperation
      4. Gallica, shared digitization
      5. Cultural cooperation
   6. International activities
      1. International news
      2. “Profession Culture”
      3. International residencies and internships
      4. International bodies
      5. Partnerships
   7. Digitization
      1. Select : digitization policy and programs
      2. Digitization process
      3. Preservation: the SPAR project
      4. Online availability: access to digital resources
   8. Preservation
      1. Preservation at BnF
      2. Emergency plan
      3. Preservation and expertise
      4. Practical information sheets
      5. Training
      6. International PAC/IFLA program
5. Resources
   1. Host an event and filming
   2. Visitors with disabilities

• Digital Libraries - Gallica
• Catalogs
• Collections and departments
  • Arts
  • Law, economics, politics
  • Languages and literatures
  • Book, press and media
    • Internet archives
    • Sound archives
    • Young people
    • World of books and libraries
    • Multimedia
    • Press
    • Radio and television
  • Science and technology
  • Humanities, philosophy and religion
  • Social sciences
  • The departments
• Information retrieval aids
• Reproduction services
• Reader registration for the Research Library

See also

• Histoire de la BnF

Digital resources

Ressources électroniques (tous publics)

Catalogs

• Catalogue général de la BnF
• Catalogues des Estampes et de la photographie

Where to consult the documents ?

Prints and Photographs Department

Ask a librarian

SINDBAD is a free virtual reference service providing document references and factual information. Ask a librarian (SINDBAD)

The world of books and libraries

• From publishing to the bookstore
• Illuminated and painted manuscripts
• Rare books
• Reading and libraries
• Publications about BnF
• Bibliographic research tools
• Iconography

The world of books and libraries - Iconography

Ex-libris including a quatrain by Jean Bullant. 20th century. Hippolyte Destailleur.

© BnF

The Prints and Photographs department holds all forms of book-related graphic representations:

• representations of techniques from paper-making, publishing, and binding
• typographical styles 
• illustrations for literary, historical, and scientific works 
• illustrated books for young people 
• book jackets 
• bookstore posters 
• ex-libris 
• bookmarks
  

Friday, January 28, 2011