Today, I finally renewed my BnF library card. I hadn't been planning on it, since I don't particularly enjoy working at the BnF. Two summers ago (see Bisous Ciao blog), I did some work there and at the Richelieu site, where I was researching the convent in Les Misérables. But now that I have access to the ENS library (from which I can actually borrow books and have a mostly working wifi connection), I didn't think I would need to go back to the BnF for any reason. Well, since the OuLiPo archives and the Perec archives are located at yet another BnF site (the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal), I have now needed to renew my card (which couldn't be renewed online).
Yesterday, I had a meeting with Professor Joly, a Georges Perec specialist who also works in the archives. He helped me find several articles and texts that were especially mathematical, put them in a box for me, and sent it up to the reading room. When I tried to access it all, I learned that my card no longer worked, and I would have to go back to Richelieu in order to renew my access. So, I did that today.
One more thing about archives: there will be an exposition on the OuLiPo archives beginning next Tuesday. I have also been invited to the opening, on Monday evening, where Fleur Pellerin will be in attendance (see previous blog post)!!
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