The Bibliotheque Nationale is very impressive; not just because of its collections and exhibitions, but also because of its architecture and external landscape - http://www.bnf.fr/en/tools/lsp.site_map.html
There is also the Bibliotheque Medem with its Yiddish collections. The French webpage is http://www.yiddishweb.com/medem/ . Some information in English can be found here: http://www.rachelnet.net/rachelnet/E/medem.htm This article from the NY Times deals with libraries in Paris - http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/03/05/travel/05journeys.html Uri ________________________________________________________ Uri Kolodney Hebrew & Jewish Studies Librarian University of Texas Libraries The University of Texas at Austin PCL 2.300 | Mail Code S5440 | PO Box P Austin, TX 78713-8916 Phone: 512-495-4399 | Fax: 512-495-4410 kolod...@austin.utexas.edu www.lib.utexas.edu/subject/judaica/index.html --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
