{"id":22327,"date":"2015-08-10T13:49:41","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T11:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=22327"},"modified":"2017-10-23T16:30:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T14:30:47","slug":"french-for-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-for-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"French For Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Bernard Fixot, the owner and publisher of the small French publishing house XO:\u00a0\u201cThere are two things you don\u2019t throw out in France \u2014 bread and books” (see the original article in which Fixot in quoted here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Because of this cultural aspect, and because of French regulation on prices of books and e-books, French language bookstores are thriving in France, while English language bookstores are floundering. In addition to bookstores (or librairies<\/em>, in French), many French libraries (or\u00a0biblioth\u00e8ques<\/em>) are being renovated and made into more “life centers” than just libraries. New libraries in France not only offer job counseling services and various meetings, but some of them offer babysitting and caf\u00e9s, among other services. While there has been some controversy about this, many French library directors are redesigning their libraries as “la biblioth\u00e9que troisi\u00e8me lieu.” La troisi\u00e8me lieu\u00a0<\/em>means “the third space”; the first two spaces are home and work, respectively, and, thus, in this view, the library is an important third space of not only reading and researching, but social encounters and daily living.<\/p>\n

Recently, there has been a debate going on in France about whether or not to open libraries on Sundays as has been done with some stores. For more information about the opening hours of stores in France, you can see John’s post here<\/a>. Here is a recent article in LeFigaro.fr about the debate over whether or not libraries should be open on Sundays: “Pourquoi l’ouverture des biblioth\u00e9ques le dimanche fait debat.”<\/a><\/p>\n

But that’s not all! To incite and encourage library use and reading, the association L.I.R.E is turning some Parisian parks this summer into “libraries without walls” or les biblioth\u00e9ques hors les murs<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Chaque semaine, les biblioth\u00e8ques de la Ville, en partenariat avec l\u2019association L.I.R.E. \u00e0 Paris, installent \u00ab hors les murs \u00bb, pour quelques heures, leurs collections de livres, albums et revues pour tous les \u00e2ges et tous les go\u00fbts.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dans plus de 50 parcs et jardins de Paris, les biblioth\u00e9caires et animateurs font d\u00e9couvrir \u00e0 tous, histoires, contes, albums d\u2019images. Vous pouvez \u00e0 \u00e9couter, lire ou feuilleter les ouvrages mis \u00e0 disposition par les biblioth\u00e8ques parisiennes.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00ab Les biblioth\u00e8ques \u00ab hors les murs \u00bb permettent aux Parisiens qui ne fr\u00e9quentent pas la biblioth\u00e8que de d\u00e9couvrir la richesse de leurs collections, leur proximit\u00e9 g\u00e9ographique et que l’inscription est gratuite. \u00abOn esp\u00e8re leur donner envie de pousser la porte de la biblioth\u00e8que d\u00e8s septembre ! \u00bb, observe Bruno Julliard, premier adjoint \u00e0 la Maire de Paris.<\/em><\/p>\n

You can read the rest of this article here<\/a>. Happy reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

According to Bernard Fixot, the owner and publisher of the small French publishing house XO:\u00a0\u201cThere are two things you don\u2019t throw out in France \u2014 bread and books” (see the original article in which Fixot in quoted here). Because of this cultural aspect, and because of French regulation on prices of books and e-books, French…<\/p>\n

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