About BULAC

The library is specialized in areal studies and humanities.

BULAC's goal is to provide a space for community, creation, reference and memory. It also aims to build strong connections to the world of research at every step of the scientific process. To achieve this, BULAC has partnered with many institutions to create a robust network with an accurate mapping of resources available in each field.

BULAC's collections bring together the holdings of around twenty libraries and collections specialised in languages and civilisations, for a total of 1.5 million documents. Nearly half of the original holdings were gathered by internationally-renowned researchers. The library's collections several types of documents: print (books and journals), archives, manuscripts, worldwide electronic resources in remote-access (online journals, e-books and databases)...

BULAC's collections are therefore the perfect resource to understand the way civilisations have evolved on geopolitical, environmental, religious and cultural levels. The library strives for the long-term preservation of its documents while consistently updating its collections to ensure their quality. It makes its collections and services available not only to students, teachers and researchers, but also to non-academic public, making BULAC one of its kind.

BULAC's research service provides a centralised point of contact for the researchers, with personalised assistance. It aims to galvanize exchanges between the library and the world of research into the geolinguistic sectors covered by BULAC.

Contact : services-recherche@bulac.fr

Part of BULAC’s mission involves organising cultural events in order to provide alternative ways for people to discover its unique and rich heritage collections, thus broadening their horizons.

BULAC's cultural events include exhibitions, conferences, roundtables and film screenings. These events aim to promote the remarkable specialised collections, notably the holdings of documents published in their original languages, which truly make BULAC stand out. They also promote transdisciplinarity and the sharing of knowledge by facilitating conversations between experts of different fields.

Contact : action-culturelle@bulac.fr

The Scientific Committee’s mission is to suggest the scientific orientations of the library (documentary policy, user services, etc.) and to give the Board of directors views and recommendations on the BULAC's annual programme of activities. It specifically makes sure the library's documentary policy remains relevant to current research being conducted. The Scientific Committee is currently directed by Sylvie Denoix. Its members are:

• Ms. Sandra Aube
  Research fellow (CNRS)
• Mr. Marc Aymes
  Research advisor (CNRS, EHESS)
• Mr. Olivier de Bernon
  Research advisor (EFEO)
• Mr. Dmitry Bondarev
  Head of West Africa projects (University of Hamburg, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC))
• Mr. Yannick Bruneton
  University Professor, Research advisor (Université Paris Cité, EPHE)
• Mr. Damien Chatagnon
  Library curator (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
• Ms. Françoise Daucé
  Research advisor (EHESS)
• Ms. Françoise ’Nalini’ Delvoye
  Research advisor (EPHE)
• Ms. Sylvie Denoix
  Research advisor (CNRS)
• Mr. Emmanuel Francis
  Researcher (CNRS)
• Mr. Marc Gilbert
  Librarian (Leiden University, Netherlands)
• Mr. Zhe Ji
  University Professor (Inalco)
• Ms. Anne Madelain
  Associate professor (Inalco)
• Ms. Luisa Mora Villarejo
  Head librarian of Islamic Library (Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID, Madrid))
• Mme Pollet Samvelian
  University Professor (université Sorbonne-Nouvelle)
• Mr. Wolfgang Schmitt-Garibian
  Librarian (Bavarian State Library's Oriental and Asian Department)
• Ms. Anaïs Wion
  Researcher (CNRS)
• Ms. Jialin Christina Wu
  Associate professor (université Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)