List of libraries in France

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

in English

• Edward Edwards (1859), "Provincial Libraries of France", Memoirs of Libraries: Including a Handbook of Library Economy, vol. 2, London: Trübner & Co., p. 315+ – via HathiTrust
• "Libraries: France", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 14 (14th ed.), London, 1929, pp. 10–13, hdl:2027/uc1.31175010501537 – via HathiTrust{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Allen Kent; et al., eds. (1962). "Libraries in France". Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. Vol. 9. Marcel Dekker. p. 37+. ISBN 978-0-8247-2023-0 – via Internet Archive. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
• John F. Camp (1981). "Libraries and the Organization of Universities in France, 1789-1881". Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy. 51 (2): 170–191. doi:10.1086/601084. JSTOR 4307340.
• Martine Poulain (1996). "Philanthropy, Benefaction, and Libraries in France, 1916-1929". Libraries & Culture. 31 (2). US: 447–465. JSTOR 25548447.
• Odile Cramard; Kevin McLoughlin (2011). "The Long Development of Prison Libraries in France". Library Trends. 59 (3). US: 544–562. doi:10.1353/lib.2011.0007.
• Anita Breckbill; Carole Goebes (2007). "Music Circulating Libraries in France: An Overview and a Preliminary List". Notes, Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association. 63. US: Music Library Association – via University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
• "France". World Guide to Libraries 2017. Vol. 1 (32nd ed.). Germany: De Gruyter Saur. 2017. ISBN 9783110517514 – via Internet Archive.
• John D. McDonald; Michael Levine-Clark, eds. (2017), "France: Archives, Museums and Libraries", Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences (4th ed.), US: CRC Press, p. 1589+
• Alan R. H. Baker (2018). A French Reading Revolution? The Development, Distribution and Cultural Significance of Bibliothèques Populaires, 1860-1900. London: Historical Geography Research Group. ISBN 9781870074278.

in French

• Bulletin des bibliothèques de France [Bulletin of French Libraries] (in French), Villeurbanne: École nationale supérieure des sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques (Enssib), ISSN 1292-8399, 1956–present
• André Vernet; Claude Jolly, eds. (1988–1992), Histoire des bibliotheques francaises (in French), Paris: Promodis-Editions du Cercle de la Librairie, OCLC 20935085. See also: 2nd edition, 2008–2009.
• Françoise Lucchini; et al. (2024), Atlas des bibliothèques territoriales (in French), Paris: Direction de l’information légale et administrative (DILA), ISBN 978-2-11-172559-1. (Summary of French libraries by region)

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• "Bibliography Search: France", Bibliography of Library History, 1990-Present, US: American Library Association Library History Round Table – via Penn State University Libraries
• "Library Map of the World: France", ifla.org, Netherlands: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
• Réseau National des Bibliothèques de Mathématiques (RNBM) [French national network of mathematics libraries] (in French), est.2004