French Studies Library Group

FSLG Committee Contacts
FSLG Constitution (PDF)
Application Form (PDF)

The aims of the FSLG, which was founded in 1999, are:

To act as a focus for librarians and others concerned with the provision of library resources and services in French studies in the United Kingdom
To facilitate cooperation in the provision, access, promotion and preservation of French printed and electronic resources
To provide a forum for the dissemination of information on these topics between libraries and between libraries and the scholarly user community
To liaise with related library groups
French studies are defined as the study of French-speaking countries and their cultures and, more broadly, of all subjects requiring the use of research and teaching material in French
The FSLG is a member of WESLINE (West European Studies Library and Information Network)

FRENCH STUDIES LIBRARY GROUP CONSTITUTION (PDF)

FSLG Committee 2009-2010 Contacts

Membership

Membership is open to any person or institution with an interest in the aims of the Group.

To Apply for membership, please complete the Membership form (PDF).

Annual Review

The FSLG Annual Review is an annual publication. It is a mixture of feature articles and news items covering all matters relating to French studies librarianship.
The editor is Sarah Brain. It is available as an epublication only.
The current issue (issue 5, 2008-9) is now available. Please click here to download.

Download the first issue (issue 1, 2004-5).
Download the second issue (issue 2, 2005-6).
Download the third issue (issue 3, 2006-7).
Download the fourth issue (issue 4, 2007-8).

Mailing List

The FSLG has a JISCmail mailing list where archives of past messages may be viewed:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/FSLG.html
To join the mailing list click on the link above and follow "Join or leave the JISCMail list"

AGM and Conference

The FSLG AGM for 2009 and WESLINE conference for 2009 will be held in Durham on 2-5 September 2009. A draft programme and a booking form are available on the WESLINE website.

The FSLG AGM for 2008 and WESLINE 2008 Conference 'Social Studies of Western Europe: Projects and resources' was held on 1 and 2 September at the British Library in London. The full conference programme and a selection of conference papers may be viewed on the WESLINE website.

The FSLG AGM for 2007 took place at the British Library in London on Friday 15 June 2007. The AGM was followed by a tour of the British Library Newspaper Collection in Colindale, North London. Please click here to view and download the programme.

The WESLINE conference for 2007 - (organised jointly with the Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London) - took place at the IGRS on Wednesday 12 September 2007. The title of this one-day colloquium was: "Exploding the Canon. From Medieval Romance to TV Soap: meeting the challenges in resource provision"
Please click here to view and download the programme.

FSLG Responses to National Consultation Exercises

The group has produced responses to:

2006: The British Library's Content Strategy (View here in PDF format)
2005: Proposed restructuring of the Library Provision at UW Bangor (View here in PDF format).
2001: The British Library's New Strategic Directions Survey (View here in PDF format).
2001: Barriers to Deep Resource Sharing Among Libraries - commissioned by The Research Support Libraries Programme
(View here in PDF format).

Starting point for French and Francophone Resources on the Web

French Studies Reference Sources at the British Library
http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelplang/french/frenchhumanitiesresourcesforresearch/frenchreferencestories.html

French Collections (post-1850) at The British Library
http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelplang/french/frenchcollections/frenchsection.html

French Printed Collections, 1451-1850 at the British Library
http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/prbooks/frenchprintcoll/frenchprintedcols.html

French Studies Web from the Western European Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries
http://wess.lib.byu.edu/index.php/French_Studies_Web

Bibliothèque nationale de France
http://www.bnf.fr/

La documentation française
http://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/

Electronic Text Collections in Western European Literature
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/wess/etexts.html/index.html

FRANCOFIL: French Studies Electronic Discussion List
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/francofil/

Francophone Africa from the University of Portsmouth
http://www.hum.port.ac.uk/slas/francophone/

French Embassy in the United Kingdom
http://www.ambafrance.org.uk/

INSEE (Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques)
http://www.insee.fr/fr/home/home_page.asp

Service-Public: le portail de l'administration française
http://www.service-public.fr/

Intute: Arts and Humanities - French Studies
http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/french/
Aims to provide access to high quality web resources for French studies in the arts and humanities.

Intute: EuroStudies
http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/eurostudies/
Aims to provide access to high quality web resources for European studies in the social sciences.

French Book News
http://www.frenchbooknews.com/
From the French Embassy, Cultural Departement

PORT: postgraduate online research training - French Resources
http://port.igrs.sas.ac.uk/FRhome.htm

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