Developing French collections

1. October 2011 Developing French collections

2. 2 Introduction Developing a French collection can be challenging for an institution, library or school. The distance from the resources and the language barrier may add to the difficulty ! A better understanding of the components of the French book industry in Québec and Canada seemed an essential first step to facilitate the process of collecting French material. This session gives us the opportunity to present an overview of the actual picture of the industry and its main actors, to point out the interesting ones and to offer guidelines, based on our experience, that we hope, will help librarians in selecting French material.

3. 3 The workflow Publishers Libraries Distributors Bookstores

4. 4 The French book business

5. 5 The selection process : tools/resources Librarians Bookstores Libraries showrooms

6. 5 The selection process : tools/resources

7. 6 The final selection • Budget limitations ? • Space limitations ? • Material not suitable for patrons? • All of the above ?

8. 7 Suppliers of the selected material

9. 8 Differences between French books published in France VS Canada

10. 9 Collecting for native French speakers VS French immersion

11. 10 Collecting for native French speakers VS French immersion

12. 11 Series by distributors/publishers 1

13. 12 Descriptions of series 1

14. 13 Series by distributors/publishers 2

15. 14 Description of series 2

16. 15 Series by distributors/publishers 3

17. 16 Descriptions of series 3

18. 17 Series by distributors/publishers 4

19. 18 Descriptions of series 4

20. 19 Series by distributors/publishers 5

21. 20 Descriptions of series 5

22. 21 Series by distributors/publishers 6

23. 22 Descriptions of series 6

24. 23 For Adults

25. 24 For Adults

26. 25 For Adults

27. 26 For Adults