The EFEO Paris Library - Maison de l'Asie
Information
Dear library users, we will be asking you to register prior to coming to the library by visiting our online catalog and filling up the registration form, please be careful to choose "Maison de l'Asie" as homebranch (and not "Bulac").
This registration will have to be confirmed at the library's frontdesk with the staff.
Practical Informations
22, avenue du Président Wilson
75116 Paris
Tel. +33 (0)1 53 70 18 46
Fax +33 (0)1 53 70 87 60
email: bibliotheque@efeo.net
The EFEO Paris Library
Curator of the Library: Katia Juhel
- Head of the Chinese and Korean collections: Dat-Wei Lau
- Head of the Japanese collection: Antony Boussemart
- Head of the South Asian collection: Maïté Hurel
- Head of the Southeast Asian collections: Bernadeta Sardjono
- Periodicals, exchanges: Antony Boussemart
- Electronic resources: Katia Juhel
- Inter-library loan: Dat-Wei Lau
Some books are mentioned as "Disponible pour le PEB" in the SUDOC online catalog, yet it can happen that it is not the case. Please contact the ILL in charge who will confirm you if the book is available or not. - Communication: Wanlapa Keawjundee, Saming Prasomsouk
Since june 2021, the collections of the Asian Research Centres of the EHESS and the EPHE have been transfered to the Campus Condorcet.
They are not anymore available in the Maison de l'Asie. For any inquiry, please contact directly the EHESS and EPHE research centres :
Depending on EHESS :
- Centre Asie du Sud-Est (CASE) (UMR 8170)
Depending on EPHE:
Opening hours
Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Document retrieval is not available from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm and after 5:00 pm.
Annual closing from Christmas through New Year's (dates vary, check with staff).
List of days the library will be closed in 2025
Conditions of use
Registration is mandatory: please bring a valid ID or student ID.
How to get there
The EFEO library, together with the EHESS (Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences socials) and EPHE (Ecole partique des hautes etudes) Asian studies libraries, are located in the Maison de l'Asie: 22, avenue du Présudent Wilson, 75116 Paris:
* METRO : Line 6 (Trocadéro or Kleber stations) ; line 9 (Iéna station)
* BUS : Lines 63, 92 or 32
Services
Loans
Borrowing privileges are open to any researcher or student affiliated with a French University..
Photocopies and reprography
A photocopier and a microform reader-printer are available to members of the public.
NB: Due to conservation requirements, no photocopies may be made of rare, valuable or fragile books and publications.
Inter-library loan
The EFEO library participates in an inter-library loan scheme. Please contact the staff.
Some books are mentioned as "Disponible pour le PEB" in the SUDOC online catalog, yet it can happen that it is not the case. Please contact the ILL in charge who will confirm you if the book is available or not.
Consultation of the archives
The inventories and finding aids are published jointly on Calames and the EFEO archive website.
Learn more (in French)
It is open at its usual times, from Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm.
Please make your book reservation requests via the catalogue, and your archive consultation requests via the form on https://archives.efeo.fr/ (bottom left of the home page).
Consult the catalogs and digital tools:
Books and periodicals catalog
- Archives and manuscripts catalog
- Digital heritage library
Please check the EFEO's Facebook page and Twitter account regularly for any updates to the conditions of public access.
Reporting to the Director General of Administration, , you will be responsible for managing the Resources Department. You will manage the activity of the support functions and implement the public policies in your field, with a view to efficiency and innovation. You will also perform the duties of Prevention Adviser.
Application deadline: 20 July 2025: https://bit.ly/4epSXeT
At 5.30 p.m. in the Grand Salon of the Maison de l'Asie, subject to availability.
