Audio Interview with Bruno Racine, President, Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Bruno Racine was appointed President of the National Library of France on April 2 2007. Over the years he has held many senior postions within the French government including: Director General Cultural Affairs for the City of Paris (1988-1993), Director of l’Académie de France à Rome (1997-2002), and Chairman du Centre Pompidou (2002-2007). He is also a writer. Non-fiction books include his best selling: Art of living in Rome and Art of living in Tuscany. His novel the Governor of Morée (Grasset) won France’s First Novel Prize in 1982.
We talk here about the role of a national library, about scanning and digitization, Google, the Lyon library (France’s second largest), Europeana, the value added offered by Librarians, Canada’s amalgamation of its National Archives and Library, the unlikelihood that France will follow suit, public servant novelists, Stendhal, and failure and success in careers and love.
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December 15th, 2008 at 12:39 PM
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De : BOASSON Olivier [mailto:olivier.boasson@diplomatie.gouv.fr]
Envoyé : lundi 15 décembre 2008 12:17
À : ‘notabene@nigelbeale.com’
Cc : ‘ZELLER Judith’
Objet : Bruno Racine
Dear Nigel,
Thank you for your telephone message regarding Bruno Racine, which was forwarded to me a few minutes ago by my assistant Véronique.
I have just informed Bruno Racine and Ambassador Delattre, both by e-mail, of the availability of Friday’s interview on your site. I am glad that serendipity (and well-coordinated guest lists) brought you and Bruno Racine at the Embassy of France last Friday. Thank you also for taking the time to make the interview.
Your contact on our team when we brought Benoît Duteurtre to Ottawa was Ms Delphine Cayrel. Delphine’s term ended last spring and her successor is Ms Judith Zeller (judith.zeller@diplomatie.gouv.fr tel. 613 593 7409).
Judith has taken up the coordination of visits for authors and cultural personalities from France coming to Ottawa. She would be a very good contact for you, and I have already informed her of your excellent work.
With my best regards,
Olivier Boasson
Conseiller Culturel
Ambassade de France au Canada
464 rue Wilbrod, Ottawa
Ontario K1N 6M8 Canada
tel. 613 593 7404
fax 613 238 7884
olivier.boasson@diplomatie.gouv.fr