From the Bibliothèque nationale to the Bibliothèque de France : moving 10 millions volumes

The Research section of the Bibliothèque de France will inherit the holdings of three departments presently in the Bibliothèque nationale : printed books, periodicals, and sound archives. Since september 1990, the EPBF and the BN have been working together to prepare an orderly transfer of these collections : they need to be inventorized, and decisions must be taken about their precise location in the new buildings at Tolbiac and Marne-la-Vallée : procedures must also be defined to provide for a transfer that should be safe, fast and efficient, to meet readers needs and preserve the collections.
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