Bibliothèque du Centre de géographie
Director : B. Joseph
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 1 week (Christmas and Easter) and also in August
Collections
The library is mainly devoted to geography.
- 95 000 monographs
- 4 600 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