A large online collection which is justified by the specific nature of the Bpi : National and public library Located in center of Paris in the Centre Pompidou High frequentation rate Online collections tend to be representative of the publishers' offering, and interesting for public libraries

1. Fee paying online resources
at the Bpi
A large online collection which
is justified by the specific
nature of the Bpi :
 National and public library
 Located in center of Paris in
the Centre Pompidou
 High frequentation rate
 Online collections tend to be
representative of the
publishers' offering, and
interesting for public libraries.
15/09/2014 Bpi/SRE/SB 1

2. Encyclopaedic, multimedia and
diversified online resources
 Covers all the fields of
knowledge, theoretical and
practical
 French (mainly), English
and multilingual resources
 Databases with or without
full text, newspapers and
magazines, periodical
packages, ebooks libraries,
encyclopaedias and
dictionaries
 Text, picture, video, audio
and numerical data
15/09/2014 Bpi/SRE/SB 2

3. Online collections : figures
 110 titles including
thousands of deep
resources and among them
more than 31000 ebooks
and 6000 periodicals
 In addition to these 110
titles, the Bpi subscribes
specialised collections :
movies, music and self
training
 Online collections are a
complement to our print
offering
15/09/2014 Bpi/SRE/SB 3

4. Large public and free access for
everyone
 Different uses : studies, lifelong training
and learning, everyday life matters, leisure
 The Bpi offers a large choice of online
resources to a public who is not allowed to
access to academic or specialized libraries
 Free access for everyone in the library to
computers and, in the near future, to mobile
devices
15/09/2014 Bpi/SRE/SB 4

5. Full text and easy access
 Since 2012, Bpi’s online resources evolved along with publishers‘
offering.
Priority is given to: full text, French language (followed by English),
quality contents, large public.
Supply still is insufficient : most recent literature novels, sciences,
geography, sport, art.
 As often as possible Bpi favours easy access and user centered
For more information :
http://www.bpi.fr
services.
15/09/2014 Bpi/SRE/SB 5

6. Full text and easy access
 Since 2012, Bpi’s online resources evolved along with publishers‘
offering.
Priority is given to: full text, French language (followed by English),
quality contents, large public.
Supply still is insufficient : most recent literature novels, sciences,
geography, sport, art.
 As often as possible Bpi favours easy access and user centered
For more information :
http://www.bpi.fr
services.
15/09/2014 Bpi/SRE/SB 5