Bibliothèque du Centre de géographie

Director : R. Creppy

Brief history

The French "Bibliothèque du Centre de géographie" was founded in 1927 and has a partnership with the Bibliothèque de la Sorbonne since 1978. Its first manager was the well-known French geographer Emmanuel De Martonne.

The library was  renovated in 1999, and since this time, our public may access directly a part of collection : manuals, usual serials (more than 170 titles).

Contact us

Mail address : Bibliothèque du Centre de géographie, 191 rue Saint-Jacques, 75005 Paris, FRANCE

Phone : (33)(0)1 44 32 14 61
Fax : (33)(0)1 44 32 14 67
Email : bibgeo@univ-paris1.fr

Opening times

Monday to Friday : 8h30 AM - 6h00 PM
Saturday : 9h00 AM - 1h00 PM
The Library is closed during for Christmas and Easter and also in August

Collections

The library is mainly devoted to geography.

• 100 000 monographs
• 5 000 serials
• 350 video documents
• 250 CD-ROM
• 7 000 maps (more than 100 000 sheets), aeroposters, mural maps...

Catalog

You can access our online catalog to search the collections (except a big part of maps to search in our card files).

ILL

Libraries can request documents such as books and serial articles. We only accept IFLA vouchers for payment. Contact : pebgeo@univ-paris1.fr

[ CADIST de géographie ]