This document discusses how French libraries and cultural institutions build international partnerships. It outlines the missions of the Comité français international bibliothèques et documentation (Cfibd), an umbrella organization that supports international initiatives and French participation in international organizations. The Cfibd has helped organize the IFLA WLIC Lyon 2014 conference. It also provides grants to help French and francophone librarians attend international conferences. Several major French institutions, including the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Bibliothèque publique d'information (Bpi), and Ecole nationale supérieure des bibliothèques et des sciences de l'information (Enssib) are

1. How to build international partnerships
with French Libraries ?
Comité français international
bibliothèques et documentation - Cfibd
in cooperation with
Bibliothèque nationale de France- BnF
Biblithèque publique d’information - Bpi
Ecole nationale supérieure des bibliothèques et des
sciences de l’information - enssib
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2. Cfibd: an Umbrella Association
for International Library Cooperation
• Missions
 To support international initiatives of French Libraries
and Information Services and their Associations
 To contribute to reinforce French participation in
international organisations
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3. Cfibd: an Umbrella Association
for International Library Cooperation (2)
• Members
 Main Library Institutions
 Main Library and Information Associations
 Individual Members
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4. Cfibd: an Umbrella Association
for International Library Cooperation (2)
• Cfibd: at the genesis of the IFLA WLIC Lyon 2014
• and the administrative, legal and financial support of
the National Committee for this congress
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5. BnF (1) : sharing a universal heritage
• Shared digitisation programmes
- Projects carried out : USA, Quebec, Brazil, …
- Projects underway : China, Russia, Japan, Poland, …
• The network of the French-speaking world
- Réseau Francophone Numérique (RFN) : www.rfnum.org
- 25 major heritage institutions
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6. BnF (2) : developing synergies
• Partnership agreements
• Multiple areas
• In all parts of the world
International Summit of
the Book - 13th oct., 2014
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7. BnF (3) : transferring skills
• Residency programmes : Profession Culture
• Internships : Courants du monde
• Specific training sessions
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8. Enssib – International activities - Studies
• Students and Teachers: Erasmus and Explora
• Summer School
• French Speaking E-learning
• Etudiants et Enseignants: Erasmus et Explora
• Ecole d’été
• Enseignement à distance francophone
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9. Enssib – International activities - Libraries
• Erasmus for professionnals
• Lifelong Learning Programme : Online Training
• Expertises
• Services to Libraries
• Erasmus pour les professionnels
• Formation tout au long de la vie / Formation à distance
• Expertises
• Services aux bibliothécaires
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10. Enssib – International activities - Research
• Visiting Scholars
• Research Seminars
• La Revue
• de l’Enssib: online publication
• International Experimentation
• Chercheurs invités
• Séminaires: ouverture internationale
• Expérimentation internationale
• La revue de l’Enssib: publication en ligne
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11. Bpi: a national public library
Bibliothèque publique d’information
• Involving French city and council libraries in a
network at both national and international level
(study days, conferences, visits)
• An exemple: a French-German Workshop + Study
tours
– Topic: « The Role of Public Libraries in Social
Cohesion »
– in partnership with the BID and BII
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12. Internships for foreign
French-speaking colleagues
• Profession Culture: a Program of the French
Ministry of Culture and Communication
• 4 to six weeks + a grant + housing provided
• At the Bpi or in Public Libraries
• On a project
• Aiming at developing long-term partnerships
http://www.bpi.fr/fr/professionnels/formation_professionnelle/stagiaires_etrangers
/programme_profession_culture.html
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13. Cooperation agreements
with the Bpi
– Queens library (New-York), BanQ (Montreal), ZLB
(Berlin)…
– Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (Belgium)
– Culture Secretary of state Rio de Janeiro
• Counselling
• Internships
• International conferences in Brasil or France
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14. Cfibd
• Grants
 For French Librarians
 For Librarians from other french speaking countries
 To allow them to participate to international
conferences:
- IFLA
- LIBER
- EBLIDA
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15. Cfibd
• Support for organizing international events
 Exemple of ongoing project:
Organization of the 2016 Congress of the
Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and
Publishing – SHARP, in Paris
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16. Other Associations and institutions
Associations
ABF
ADBS
ADBDP
ADBU
FADBEN
FILL
…
Institutions
Abes
INIST
Canope
…
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17. Thank you for your attention
franck.hurinville@bnf.fr
annie.dourlent@bpi.fr
raphaelle.bats@enssib.fr
pascal.sanz@bnf.fr
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