Enssib is the national library school located in Lyon, France. It was founded in 1992 and trains students in library and information science as well as providing continuing education for current librarians. Enssib conducts research in digital innovation and information sciences and offers many services and resources to libraries and librarians in France.

1. e : école / School
n : nationale /National
s : supérieure / Superior
s : sciences / Sciences
i : information / Information
b : bibliothèques / Libraries
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2. The building was
renovated in 2007.
This is a great place
to study and work !
Enssib is located in
LYON, 2 hours
from Paris by train.
Location and architecture
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3. Enssib is born in
1992. We had our
20th birthday last
year !
Between 1963 to
1992, enssib was
named Ensb.
50 years of ensb, 20 years of enssib
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4. Be librarian in France is quite
complicated. You need to succeed
a national competition to be
librarian and civil servant in the
same time.
After succeeding, librarians
At enssib are are trained at Enssib for 6
trained :
students in LIS, months (librarians) or 18
new librarians, months (head libraians).
and librarians in
position.
Being librarian
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5. More than 700 librarians
(in position) per year are
following our lifelong
learning program.
More than 50 courses
are proposed in our
lifelong learning
program.
Lifelong learning program
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6. We are proposing
online courses in our
lifelong learning
program.
Some courses are
held for 20h some
others for 4h.
Online education
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7. 5 differents
Masters at
Enssib
No graduate
(licence), no
Master degrees PHD
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8. Master CEI
Books History and
Cultural Heritage
Source : http://arts-et-metiers.net/musee.php?P=328
Master CEI : Cultures de l’Ecrit et de l’Image
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9. Master PBD
Same courses than
the head librarians
Source : http://couleurs-et-nuances.blogspot.fr/2012/04/bibliotheques-originales-faites-de-vos.html
Master PBD : Politics of Library and Documentation
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10. Master LIS : 3 options
LIS
Digital Publishing
Digital Archives
Source : http://libraries.mit.edu/sites/digital-archives/engineering-the-future-bp12001/
Master SIBIST (LIS), PUN (digital publishing), AN (digital archives)
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11. Enssib is developping
excellence in digital
innovation. The library
will open a new lab in
Spring 2013
Research at Enssib : Digital Innovation
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12. Centre Gabriel Naudé is a
research team about
Libraries as studies object
in history, anthropology,
sociology, philosophy…
Research at Enssib : Centre Gabriel Naudé
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13. Elico is a research team
about information and
communication. More
about information
sciences than library
sciences.
Research at enssib : Elico
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14. This is the
research
agenda :
conference,
congress,
seminars…
Research at enssib : the seminars
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15. Reports, surveys,
archivs, papers,
guidelines…
Enssib has a
physical and Enssib proposed a
lot of services for
a digital
libraries and
library, both librarians.
focused on Most of these
LIS. services are free
and online.
Services to libraries : collections
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16. You are a librarian or a
future librarian ? This is
your Ask a librarian !
Only LIS’ questions and
LIS’ answers.
In French
only
Ask a librarian
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17. Enssib’s librarians
are reading LIS’
news for you !
Les brèves : updated information about Libraries and Information Sciences
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18. A lot of events at
Enssib and most
part recorded and
available in the
digital library
Conferences
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19. The BBF is the most
important review in
library sciences in
France. BBF is
located at Enssib.
Publishing
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20. Enssib is
involved in
the national ! 2014 !
committee IFLA annual
conference will be
held in Lyon.
Welcome in our
city and our
libraries. See you
soon ! .
Raphaëlle Bats
IFLA 2014 : LYON raphaelle.bats@enssib.fr