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The Bpi Public Information Library (Bibliothèque publique d’information) is a public institution placed under the control of the French Ministry of Culture. It is located in the premises of the Pompidou Center.

The Bpi is a general information library which provides to all kinds of users documentary resources covering all topics: 400,000 documents are at you disposal for information, self-training, culture   or leisure. It also offers on site services and on line services from this site.

Access conditions

Access to the library is open to all free of charge and without any registration formalities.

Opening hours:

• On week-days: 12 noon to 10 pm.
• Week-ends/public holidays:  11am-10 pm
• Closed Tuesdays and the 1st of May.

!    Come at slack periods everyday after 6 pm.

ON SITE IN THE POMPIDOU CENTER

Access rue Beaubourg, 75004 Paris, behind the Pompidou Center

The collections: detailed Information in French

• The books, reviews, cards and atlases, microfilms are grouped into broad subject areas
• Multimedia screens: access to the whole of digitized resources as well as to the documentary and animated films.

! Dedicated spaces

In each area, the library staff is available to inform and orientate you.

• French and foreign press (printed, on site, on microfilms)
• Job-search and practical information
• Self-training (languages and all subjects)
• Music and talking-documents
• Videos upon demand

Services

• Free use of the web
• WIFI (1h30/per day) free of charge
• Photocopiers and printers (rates: 0, 13€ per A4format page, degressive rates)
• Snack shop

Cultural events and publications

! Digitized online records of meetings to be found on this site

• Free access (besides films) to the spaces and passageways to the Pompidou Center, entrance by the Piazza.

• Meetings, debates? symposia... : detailed information in French
• Exhibitions
• Documentary and animated films screenings
• Children’ screenings (“Ecran des enfants”)
• “Cinéma du réel” film festival

SERVICES ON LINE available from this site

• Newsletter, RSS, cultural events alert... : register
• Remote answer service “BiblioSésame” : ask your question
• Specialised data bases (languages, libraries and documentation centers, contemporary France)
• Debates and recordings: digitized archives of cultural meetings

• Other sites offered by the Bpi: digitized exhibitions, Cinéma du Réel

For professionals

National and international cooperation: services dedicated to libraries

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