The libraries of the City of Paris
Are you a student, looking for a job or simply looking for a quiet place to work? The libraries of the City of Paris welcome you.
Libraries and workplaces
Find free libraries and workspaces
- The Student House (where you can come and work!)
- Bibliothèque et médiathèque
Bookable workspace (1h maximum)
Each library offers a number of seats, with a work surface, for free access. You can plug in your laptop and take advantage of free wi-fi. Don't forget that all libraries have self-service computers, if you have research to do!
Some libraries also offer quiet work spaces away from the activity of the library if you are looking for a quiet place to concentrate.
Libraries by arrondissement :
- 5th arrondissement : Buffon Library
- 6th arrondissement : André Malraux Library
- 10th arrondissement: Médiathèque Françoise Sagan
- 12th arrondissement: Hélène Berr multimedia library
- 14th arrondissement : Aimé Césaire Library, Georges Brassens Library
- 15th arrondissement : Bibliothèque Andrée Chedid, Médiathèque Marguerite Yourcenar
- 16th arrondissement : Germaine Tillion Library
- 17th arrondissement : Batignolles Library
- 18th arrondissement : Bibliothèque Robert Sabatier , Bibliothèque Jacqueline de Romilly and Bibliothèque Václav Havel
- 19th arrondissement : Claude Lévi-Strauss Library
- 20th arrondissement: Marguerite Duras multimedia library, Assia Djebar library
At the Bibliothèque Saint-Simon you'll always find a place to work silently with WI-FI Paris!
Tuesday to Friday, 12pm to 7pm, and even Saturday mornings, 10am to 1pm! (no reservation required)Address: Mairie du 7e arrondissement, 116 rue de Grenelle, courtyard, porte D2nd floor, 75007 ParisBus 69; metro Solférino or Varennes; RER C Invalides. Contact: bibliotheque.saint-simon@paris.fr
Is there room to work?
With the Affluences application, which you can download for free on Android and iPhone, you can follow in real time the number of visitors in your library, as well as the forecast for the whole day. Currently being tested in the city's libraries, this application currently provides information for the following libraries: Canopée la fontaine (1st), Hélène Berr (12th), Marguerite Duras (20th), Marguerite Yourcenar (15th), Françoise Sagan (10th) and Violette Leduc (ex Faidherbe, 11th) and the historical library of the city of Paris (4th).
Download the application: http: //affluences.com/