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Charlie Hebdo, an update

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When previously we wrote about the events at Charlie Hebdo, we expressed our amazement about how quickly the first issue following the attacks on their offices was printed, and how rapidly we were able to get a copy. This confirmed views expressed in a previous post as to the speed with which we try to purchase books relating to newsworthy events (in that case, the kidnapping and subsequent assassination of monks at Tibhirine).

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C204.d.594

Now, approximately six months after the shootings at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, it is worth giving a brief update on the state of publishing about the events, and the additional books that we’ve acquired since the attacks from the sizeable number printed. These include:

Avant, pendant, après le 11 janvier : pour une nouvelle écriture collective de notre roman national / Edgar Morin, Patrick Singaïny (C204.d.594), which is aptly placed in a series entitled L’urgence de comprendre.  Continue reading “Charlie Hebdo, an update” →

Straight from the headlines to the UL : the trajectory of current events from newspapers to books

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Cover of C206.c.3512 (image from publisher)
Cover of C206.c.3512
(image from publisher)

On the occasion of the anniversary of the kidnapping of the monks of Tibhirine, it is useful to consider how events in the news are reflected in published works and in the library’s collections. It is an occasion to think about how the reaction to events such as the kidnapping—or, more recently, the attacks at the offices of Charlie Hebdo—are memorialised and understood. The Library’s collections in many ways reflect this, as we try to collect broadly around events such as these. Continue reading “Straight from the headlines to the UL : the trajectory of current events from newspapers to books” →

Charlie hebdo

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Plus de Charlie – NRJ Avignon 98.2 on Twitter (@NRJAvignon)

The University Library does not have a subscription to Charlie hebdo, although we do have a history of the magazine from 1969-1982 which stands at 735:45.c.200.287. We also have a few items with cartoons by Wolinski and/or Cabu, who both lost their lives in the terrorist attack on January 7th (2007.8.5590, 2011.10.645, 2013.9.2346). We were of course keen to get hold of a copy of the so-called “survivors” edition published on Wednesday January 14th. A former member of the European Collections and Cataloguing team, now resident in Paris, volunteered straightaway to get hold of a copy for me, but then discovered that this was by no means straightforward. On Wednesday morning she could find no copies in central Paris. She then phoned her local newsagent in the Paris suburbs, hoping she might have more success. He laughed and told her that he had had 100 people waiting outside at 6.30 am that morning, and that he had only managed to secure 40 copies. Continue reading “Charlie hebdo” →