Université d'Orléans

The library system of the University of Orléans is a network of 23 libraries:

• all the libraries of the University: 4 university libraries, 7 associated libraries of the IUFM (Teaching Institute), 6 academic libraries on other campuses, 2 laboratory libraries;
• a few associate libraries attached to academic establishments which take part to the PRES Centre Val de Loire (Pôle de Recherche et d'Enseignement Supérieur): the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Art and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs of Bourges, the Centre Hospitalier Régional d’Orléans (CHRO), the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, national centre for scientific research).

Its missions:

• to acquire, manage and communicate the documents which belong or are at the disposal of the establishment,
• to co-operate with the libraries: regionally, nationally and internationally,
• to train the patrons to the methodology of documentary research,
• to develop access to electronic resources,
• to spread the academic production of the university.

It leans on the establishment contract to implement the Documentary Policy of the University, in a close collaboration with Education and Research. It also co-operates within the PRES Centre Val de Loire Université with the other documentary institutes of the Region.
The libraries of the network are open to those who wish to consult their collections.