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]]> By: Mediatheque Jose Cabanis, Toulouse, France | France Tales http://francetales.com/2008/02/22/le-mediatheque-de-toulouse/comment-page-1/#comment-2270 Mediatheque Jose Cabanis, Toulouse, France | France Tales Sun, 25 May 2008 21:50:21 +0000 http://francetales.com/2008/02/22/le-mediatheque-de-toulouse/#comment-2270 [...] Toulouse has a great mediateque, Mediatheque Jose Cabanis. Aside from borrowing books, cds, dvds, software, magazines, language tutorials, and other things, you can also watch dvds there, use the computers, listen to music, see a lecture, view an art exhibit, etc. I wrote a post about it here. [...] [...] Toulouse has a great mediateque, Mediatheque Jose Cabanis. Aside from borrowing books, cds, dvds, software, magazines, language tutorials, and other things, you can also watch dvds there, use the computers, listen to music, see a lecture, view an art exhibit, etc. I wrote a post about it here. [...]

]]> By: Owen http://francetales.com/2008/02/22/le-mediatheque-de-toulouse/comment-page-1/#comment-1603 Owen Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:05:43 +0000 http://francetales.com/2008/02/22/le-mediatheque-de-toulouse/#comment-1603 I guess I found it unique that I could find DVD's of all kinds including ones that many Americans would find offensive and therefore unlikely to be available in a library. I counted 12 Passolini films, the entire Absolutely Fabulous collection, and various other R and not rated films. Maybe I am way off base but i doubt I'd find similar things in most US libraries. I found magazines in nearly 10 languages, including some obscure Italian design magazines and even Art in America, of course in English. Not just one or two per genre but 10-20 per genre and some more. Really comprehensive collection. I was thinking about subscribing to a magazine or two to practice reading in French but why bother, they have so many to choose form and in all interest areas. The CD's were amazing. All styles of music, the uncensored versions, not filtered and sorted for decency. Clearly I'm indecent as I place so much value on being able to obtain questionable material. I think the location is great with a modern Arc de Triomphe and the perspective as you come up the hill and then it levels off and then you can continue looking up the hill towards Jolimont. I think it is nice. I feel a photo gallery coming on. Maybe I had written off libraries long ago and hadn't given them a chance recently but this felt so different to me. I used to take my students to their neighborhood libraries to show them how easy it was to sign up for a card and check out books, also because we certainly didn't have a library in the schools where I worked. I can guarantee you none of the branches I went to in Oakland or in Philadelphia looked like this or had the collection the Médiatheque had. I guess I found it unique that I could find DVD’s of all kinds including ones that many Americans would find offensive and therefore unlikely to be available in a library. I counted 12 Passolini films, the entire Absolutely Fabulous collection, and various other R and not rated films. Maybe I am way off base but i doubt I’d find similar things in most US libraries.

I found magazines in nearly 10 languages, including some obscure Italian design magazines and even Art in America, of course in English. Not just one or two per genre but 10-20 per genre and some more. Really comprehensive collection. I was thinking about subscribing to a magazine or two to practice reading in French but why bother, they have so many to choose form and in all interest areas.

The CD’s were amazing. All styles of music, the uncensored versions, not filtered and sorted for decency. Clearly I’m indecent as I place so much value on being able to obtain questionable material.

I think the location is great with a modern Arc de Triomphe and the perspective as you come up the hill and then it levels off and then you can continue looking up the hill towards Jolimont. I think it is nice. I feel a photo gallery coming on.

Maybe I had written off libraries long ago and hadn’t given them a chance recently but this felt so different to me. I used to take my students to their neighborhood libraries to show them how easy it was to sign up for a card and check out books, also because we certainly didn’t have a library in the schools where I worked. I can guarantee you none of the branches I went to in Oakland or in Philadelphia looked like this or had the collection the Médiatheque had.

]]> By: Bob Spencer http://francetales.com/2008/02/22/le-mediatheque-de-toulouse/comment-page-1/#comment-1601 Bob Spencer Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:27:20 +0000 http://francetales.com/2008/02/22/le-mediatheque-de-toulouse/#comment-1601 Perhaps the Mediatheque is a having the same problem libraries in the US have, sometimes things leave but they don't come back. Before I saw the building in person, I saw a picture of it in which it appeared that the street ran right through the building. Actually, when you're walking up Allées Jean Jaurès, it appears that way also. I recently retired from working in the Broward County Library system. The Main Library is eight floors. There are 37 branches. The larger branches (called Regionals) have all the same amenities as the Mediatheque, but they're totally free. I don't know if it's true in France, but here, if the library doesn't have the material you want, they can have it sent from any other library in the country through a system called Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Perhaps the Mediatheque is a having the same problem libraries in the US have, sometimes things leave but they don’t come back. Before I saw the building in person, I saw a picture of it in which it appeared that the street ran right through the building. Actually, when you’re walking up Allées Jean Jaurès, it appears that way also.
I recently retired from working in the Broward County Library system. The Main Library is eight floors. There are 37 branches. The larger branches (called Regionals) have all the same amenities as the Mediatheque, but they’re totally free. I don’t know if it’s true in France, but here, if the library doesn’t have the material you want, they can have it sent from any other library in the country through a system called Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

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