Websites

The institutional site presents the missions, the organization of the library, but also all the practical information to prepare its visit and discover the collections and the services offered, as well as an agenda of the meetings, debates, colloquia, exhibitions, festivals but also screenings, visits, workshops… It is also the site that provides direct access to the library catalog and all the resources it offers when they are accessible remotely.

The webmagazine Balises is based on the programming of the library and the Center Pompidou and offers articles, videos, infographics to better understand the cultural and social issues addressed there. The editors add a selection of documentary resources based on their expertise as librarians in finding information and selecting sources.
Offering dynamic navigation by rebounds on the themes and formats of the publications, Balises is open to the contribution of Internet users who are invited to comment on the articles and, of course, to share those they appreciate.

The professional site, more particularly dedicated to professionals in the information professions, lists the actions and services developed by the Bpi, national library for public reading, or by other partner libraries. In addition to publications related to feedback or sociological studies carried out by the Studies and Research department, it is a resource site that also provides access to the national catalog of films, to the Carel association site , to the Library in the city site, to information from the BiblioSésame network, to information on disabilities from Alphabib, etc.

The Cinéma du Réel website offers both a forecast of the next festival and a retrospective of all the editions that have been held for 36 years now. It allows you to follow the news of documentary cinema, in particular through the programming of the festival outside the walls or at the Center Pompidou or those of partner festivals.

Video on demand site dedicated to the National Catalog of Documentary Films of the Bpi. “Doc Eyes” was specially designed for media libraries and their public. This tool makes it possible to respond to new audiovisual uses in a 100% dematerialized environment.
The digital offer includes VoD at home and on-site consultation in media libraries, as well as public projection in high definition.
The catalog is made up of documentary films and animated documentaries, representing all fields of knowledge and emphasizing the most inventive sectors of creation. By making the films available in the long term, by giving them wide visibility on the site, it plays a heritage role complementary to its mission of informing the citizen.
Regularly updated editorial content is presented on the site’s home page (new releases, filmographies, portraits of directors, etc.) and many tools are available to help with research and promote discovery.

Effractions, the contemporary literature festival of the Bpi which highlights the authors who make literary news and whose works give food for thought on the link between literature and reality. The festival takes place every year in February/March. Find on this dedicated site the complete program, the guests, as well as the latest information on the festival.

Tympan: all the music is inside!
Launched in 2019, Tympan is the online platform that allows you to listen to all the music and spoken documents from the Music collection of the Bpi, accessible on all computers in the library. Thousands of songs and sound documents at your fingertips!