Slides from the ARL Hot Topics session at IFLA Congress in Dublin, Ireland 2022. Presentation by: Jérôme Fronty, Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) Curator, Music department.

1. Hello!
Session 128
Truth, Evidence & Memory:
Academic Libraries as Cultural Rights Defenders
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2. Hello!
Time to Engage:
A National Institution Taking a Stance
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3. Jérôme
Fronty
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
Curator, Music department
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As royal library dates back to 1368
Re-founded as BnF in 1994 (decree 94-3)
New mission statement including
research, cooperation, outreach
We really mean it
Here are 3 case studies
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Why Bnf?
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Paris, January 2015, Charlie Hebdo
Worldwide shock, core values attacked
Freedom of speech
Secularism
A decision to engage
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Case study #1: Laïcité
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Project team
A set of posters
Hard and digital copies
+ Website + conferences + workshops
Still widely used
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Case study #1: Laïcité
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#45 election: media content questioned
Is mass media manipulated?
Can official truth be “alternated”?
Social media distortion both ways?
News Media literacy is part of the game
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Case study #2: Fake news
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Previous news-oriented projects
Partnerships
A set of posters once again
Perfect sense of timing…
Repository + outreach
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Case study #2: Fake news
A story of
fake news
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9. War started on 24th of February 2022
Quick reaction (France held the rotating
presidency of UE at that time)
A steering committee
Top management and all
departments (collections,
services, outreach…) included
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Case study #3: Ukraine
Weekly review of action pan
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Stopped cooperation with Russian State
PAC material sent to Ukraine
Hosting online Ukrainian heritage
Ukraine-related Web harvesting
Concerts & conferences
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Case study #3: Ukraine
BnF’s Intranet
BnF’s Intranet
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Assistance to refugees
Dedicated resources
Hosting of Ukrainian colleagues
professionals
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Management induced…
… but bottom-up contributions
Heritage IS engagement
“Imagine…”
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Conclusion
Theodore Akimenko
(1876-1945)
manuscripts & concert
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12. Politeness of the heart
is much more valuable than
politeness of manners
Abbé Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (1716-1795)
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13. Hello!
Thank you
jerome.fronty@bnf.fr
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