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 2011-2012 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 editors are Sarah Brain and Damien McManus. It is available as an epublication only.
The current issue (issue 7, 2010-11) 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).
Download the fifth issue (issue 5, 2008-09).
Download the sixth issue (issue 6, 2009-10).
Download the seventh issue (issue 7, 2010-11).

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 Conferences

Constructing '21st Literature in French'. Publication, translation, collection

Organised by the Society for French Studies and the French Studies Llibary Group, with the collaboration of the Institut français, Friday 2 December 2011 at the Institut français. Please click here to view the programme of this seminar.

Previous Events

The FSLG AGM and Study Day for 2011 took place at the British Library in London on Monday 5 September 2011. Following the AGM in the morning, the afternoon featured presentations on issues facing Modern Foreign Languages Departments in the UK, and of Culturethèque (free online multimedia library). Professor Philip Ford (Department of French, University of Cambridge) and Ophélie Ramonatxo and Léonore Schick ((Institut français) agreed to speak. There was a tour of the BL's major exhibition Out of this World: Science Fiction but not as you know it led by the co-curator, Katya Rogatchevskaia.

Please click here to view and dowload the Programme and the Registration Form. Philip Ford's powerpoint presentation, 'Current Issues Facing Modern Languages Departments in the UK' is available for download.

The FSLG AGM for 2010 and the WESLINE conference in 2010 were held in Manchester on 1-3 September.
The conference programme is available on the WESLINE website

The FSLG AGM for 2009 and WESLINE conference for 2009 was 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.