Sorbonne Library | |
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Location | 47, rue des Écoles, Latin Quarter, 5th arrondissement of Paris |
Type | Academic library of Panthéon-Sorbonne University |
Established | 1289 |
Collection | |
Items collected | 8 à 14 000 new titles each year ; 68% in foreign languages (English, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, etc.), 20 000 titles ; 3 889 current subscriptions. Special collections section : 187 000 items ; 100 000 volumes prior to 1801 ; 3600 manuscripts ; 565 incunabula ; 7000 prints and photographs |
Size | 2 millions printed volumes. 35 000 lm |
Other information | |
Budget | 3,500 000 € |
Website | www |
The Sorbonne Library (French: Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne) is an inter-university library part of the network of 36 libraries of the Panthéon-Sorbonne University, in Paris, France. It is located at 47, rue des Écoles in the Latin Quarter in the 5th arrondissement. The library of the Institute of Geography , located at 191 rue Saint-Jacques, is attached.[1]
The Sorbonne Library is situated in the Sorbonne building. It is a medieval institution of the Sorbonne, which evolved over the centuries as part of the University of Paris. It is a common library of Panthéon-Sorbonne University and Sorbonne-Nouvelle University. It is administered by Panthéon-Sorbonne University as per a governing agreement signed among these universities in 2020.[2]