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As always, combining and even conflating the two... Since its early 1990s beginnings, the term "digital library" has been a fuzzy one, there being so many things-digital which call themselves "libraries", and there being so many libraries which call themselves "digital".

So the approach taken here always has been my non-math layman's understanding of what Lotfi Zadeh really accomplished, with his fuzzy-logic algorithms guiding those Toyota robots along their assembly lines: if you don't find it in the first location, try another nearby, then another, and keep hunting and sooner or later you'll hit it...

Information may not all be just-digits, yet, but it is all information, a thing in its generality best understood by some differently than by others; so some reading on "books" & "buildings" & "history" & "professions" & "internet" still, and perhaps always, can be useful.

A list of recent/current items of interest, then, print-format:

• The following is an interesting new book on library architecture, unavailable to many in its Italian original but now translated into French: for those convinced, as I am, that brick & mortar libraries have a continuing role to play in providing "sense of place", in our fast-evolving Globalized City centers --

  

  Order : Bibliothèques

  De Poli, Aldo
  Bibliothèques : architectures 1995-2005
  [trad. par Fabienne-Andréa Costa]
  (Arles : Actes Sud ; Milan : Motta, 2004)
  278 p. : nombreuses ill. en noir et en coul., jaquette ill. en coul. ; 31 cm
  Bibliogr. p. 258-267
  ISBN 2-7427-4881-4

  -- the above a translation of the following --

  De Poli, Aldo
  Biblioteche : architetture, 1995-2005
  (Milano : Motta, 2005)
  1 vol. (278 p.) : ill. en noir et en coul. ; 31 cm
  Bibliogr. p. 258-278
  ISBN 88-7179-261-0

   

• The following is a recent grand tour of the libraries of the world, like the above and along the lines of Michel Melot's now-classic,

  

  Order : Nouvelles Alexandries. Les grands chantiers de bibliothèque dans le monde

  Nouvelles Alexandries : les grands chantiers de bibliothèques dans le monde ([Paris] : Editions du Cercle de la librairie, 1996) ISBN: 2765406197, 9782765406198 -- and the work by Laubier & Bosser,

  

  Order : Bibliothèques du monde

  Laubier, Guillaume de ; Bosser, Jacques
  Bibliothèques du monde
  (Paris : La Martinière, 2003)
  247 p. : nombreuses ill. en coul., jaquette ill. en coul. ; 29 cm
  Bibliogr. p. 247
  ISBN 2-7324-2745-4

  -- in English as,

  

  Order The most beautiful libraries in the world

  Laubier, Guillaume de ; Bosser, Jacques
  The most beautiful libraries in the world
  (New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2003)
  247 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
  ISBN: 0810946343, 9780810946347

   

• The médiathèque -- curious French term, sounding like mere political correctness but often (not always) indicating significant differences from the older "bibliothèque" -- also, the bane of all library-users and directory-searchers as now we must look under both headings... But, anyway, here is what the animal looks like through Italian eyes:

  Atripaldi, Anna Maria
  La biblioteca multimediale in Francia : bibliothèque multimédia
  ([Roma] : Gangemi, 2000)
  87 p. : ill. ; 30 cm
  Bibliogr. p. 81-85
  ISBN 88-492-0076-5

   

• Anne-Marie Bertrand directs the French national library school: the following present the latest thinking on their general subject, in France --

  

  Order : Les bibliothèques

  Bertrand, Anne-Marie
  Les bibliothèques
  3ème éd.
  (Paris : la Découverte, impr. 2007)
  1 vol. (120 p.) : couv. ill. ; 18 cm
  Repères (Maspero) : culture-communication 247
  Bibliogr. p. 114-116
  ISBN 978-2-7071-5277-0

  -- see also,

  Regards sur un demi-siècle : cinquantenaire du "Bulletin des bibliothèques de France" / [coordonné par Anne-Marie-Bertrand et Annie Le Saux]
  (Villeurbanne : Enssib, 2006)
  1 vol. (294 p.) ; 24 cm
  Numéro hors série de : "Bulletin des bibliothèques de France", ISSN 0006-2006.
  Bibliogr. en fin de contribution. Notes bibliogr.
  Online table of contents and available for purchase from:

  http://bbf.enssib.fr/
  http://bbf.enssib.fr/bon_de_commande.pdf

   

• Some library history: particularly interesting for people in the US, which does not have a "national" library like the BN --

  

  Order From royal to national : the Louvre Museum and the Bibliothèque nationale

  Oliver, Bette Wyn
  From royal to national : the Louvre Museum and the Bibliothèque nationale
  ix, 109 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
  (Lanham : Lexington Books, 2006)
  ISBN: 0739114220, 9780739114223, 0739118617, 9780739118610

   

• More history: fascinating, to consider information "preservation and access" during the Age of Charlemagne, from the vantage point of our information-overloaded 21st c. --

  

  Order Manuscripts and libraries in the age of Charlemagne

  Bernhard Bischoff ; Michael M. Gorman
  Manuscripts and libraries in the age of Charlemagne
  (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c1991, 2007)
  ISBN: 0521037115, 9780521037112

   

• Cultural patrimony in the library: whether to collect it, how to collect it, how to preserve it yet make it accessible -- all common problems faced by libraries everywhere, here the French --

  

  Order : Manuel du patrimoine en bibliothèque

  Mouren, Raphaële ; Ipert, Stéphane
  Manuel du patrimoine en bibliothèque
  416 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  (Paris : Cercle de la librairie, 2007)
  ISBN: 2765409498, 9782765409496

   

• One grand French collector & his times:

  

  Order : C'était Jacques Doucet

  Chapon, François
  C'était Jacques Doucet
  546 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  ([Paris] : Fayard, 2006)
  ISBN: 2213630291, 9782213630298

   

• Politics: grand demonstration of the truths on both sides of "walking a mile in the other guy's mocassins" -- i.e. many small misunderstandings, on both sides, but ultimately underlying fundamental problems which must be faced, and in fact get faced in very similar ways -- but the differences remain, too --

  (no foto, yet)

  Order : Au nom de l'antiterrorisme

  Cantié, Philippe
  Au nom de l'antiterrorisme : les bibliothèques américaines face à l'USA Patriot Act
  264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  (Villeurbanne : Enssib, 2006)
  ISBN: 2910227642, 9782910227647

   

• Tender loving care to a favorite subject: B. Calenge has been a intelligent and enthusiastic observer of the entire French library scene for many years --

  

  Order : Les petites bibliothèques publiques

  Calenge, Bertrand
  Les petites bibliothèques publiques
  3e éd., ent. ref. et actualisée.
  272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  (Paris : Éditions du Cercle de la librairie, 2006)
  ISBN: 2765409161, 9782765409168

   

• The fascinating story of the BN => BNbis => BdF => BnF, of which J. Melet-Sanson now is the directrice-générale --

  

  Order : La Bibliothèque nationale de France : Mémoire de l'avenir

  Blasselle, Bruno ; Melet-Sanson, Jacqueline
  La Bibliothèque nationale de France : mémoire de l'avenir
  175 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
  ([Paris] : Gallimard, c1990, 2006)
  ISBN: 2070343413, 9782070343416

   

• The story of all the libraries in France, told well once again in this updated 11th edition by Denis Pallier:

  

  Order : Les bibliothèques

  Pallier, Denis
  Les bibliothèques
  11e éd. mise à jour.
  127 p. ; 18 cm.
  Que sais-je ? 944
  (Paris : Presses universitaires de France, 2006)
  ISBN: 2130554067, 9782130554066

   

• French publishing: from the adventures of Louis Hachette to the combinations of Vivendi to the one-price-fits-all of the Loi Lang, l'édition in France is very different from publishing industries in most other places, now --

  

  Order : Les métiers de l'édition. : Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée

  Legendre, Bertrand
  Les métiers de l'édition
  4e éd.
  495 p. : ill.
  (Paris : Éditions du Cercle de la librairie, 2007)
  ISBN: 276540948X, 9782765409489

   

• How to make money in publishing in France... whether money can be made, in publishing in France...

  

  Order : Le marketing du livre : Etudes & stratégies

  Desaive, Suna ; Poggioli, Noëlle
  Le marketing du livre : études & stratégies
  153 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  (Paris : Éditions du Cercle de la librairie, 2006)
  ISBN: 2765409293, 9782765409298

   

• French copyright, latest word:

  

  Order : Le droit d'auteur et l'édition (1Cédérom)

  Pierrat, Emmanuel
  Le droit d'auteur et l'édition
  3e édition, revue et augmentée.
  475 p. ; 24 cm. + 1 computer laser optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
  (Paris : Editions du cercle de la librairie, 2006)
  ISBN: 2765409145, 9782765409144

   

• Library administration, in the nation so known now for its administration-heavy approach: the pre-Sarkozy picture, maybe about to change & change radically? --

  

  Order : Administration et bibliothèques 3ème ed.

  Desrichard, Yves ; Jarrige, Marie-Thérèse ; Péchenart, Jean
  Administration et bibliothèques
  400 p.
  (Paris : Éditions du Cercle de la librairie, 2006)
  ISBN: 276540934X, 9782765409342

  -- see also, "Avis pour dresser...",

  

  Order : Concevoir, réaliser et organiser une bibliothèque : Mémento pratique à l'usage des élus, des responsables administratifs et des bibliothécaires

  Taesch-Wahle, Danielle
  Concevoir, réaliser et organiser une bibliothèque : mémento pratique à l'usage des élus, des responsables administratifs et des bibliothécaires
  Nouv. éd. mise à jour.
  164 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  (Paris : Éditions du Cercle de la librairie, 2006)
  ISBN: 2765409323, 9782765409328

   

• And, finalement, The Internet -- or "internet", as it more often is described in France -- three among the enormous number of books which have appeared recently -- and of course there is lots more "information" online, too much more --

  

  Order : Les groupes professionnels et l'internet

  Convert, Bernard ; Demailly, Lise
  Les groupes professionnels et l'internet
  222 p.
  (Paris : Harmattan, 2007)
  ISBN: 2296028543, 9782296028548

  

  Order : Guide pratique du droit d'auteur : Utiliser en toute légalité : textes, photos, films, musiques, Internet et protéger ses créations

  Stérin, Anne-Laure
  Guide pratique du droit d'auteur : utiliser en toute légalité : textes, photos, films, musiques, Internet + protéger ses créations
  537 p. ; 24 cm.
  (Paris : Maxima, 2007)
  ISBN: 284001405X, 9782840014058

  

  Order : Les bibliothèques municipales en France après le tournant Internet : Attractivité, fréquentation et devenir

  Maresca, Bruno
  Les bibliothèques municipales en France après le tournant Internet : attractivité, fréquentation et devenir
  298 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
  (Paris : Bibliothèque publique d'information, 2007)
  ISBN: 2842461037, 9782842461034

   

  So, lots to read... Joyeux Noël, Bonne Fête, Bonne Année!

   

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