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FYI France: A library in the Cher...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jack Kessler)
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FYI France: A library in the Cher...
Anyone in or around the Cher d=E9partement of France, or who knows=20
it well, or is interested in the region:
-- the following is a list of the libraries I've been able to=20
locate in Le Cher, most now being or becoming very "digital" --
links & more available at, http://www.fyifrance.com/fyi1plib.htm --
Le Cher! :-)
* Belleville sur Loire, Biblioth=E8que M=E9diath=E8que
http://www.fyifrance.com/fyi1pli1.htm#BellevilleSLBM
* Bourges, Biblioth=E8que du Cher
http://www.fyifrance.com/fyi1pli1.htm#BourgesBDP
* Bourges, Biblioth=E8que patrimoniale
http://www.fyifrance.com/fyi1pli1.htm#BourgesBM
* Bourges, M=E9diath=E8que
http://www.fyifrance.com/fyi1pli1.htm#BourgesM
* Brinon sur Sauldre, Biblioth=E8que Maurice Genevoix
http://www.fyifrance.com/fyi1pli1.htm#BrinonsSBMG
* Ch=E2telet, Le, La Biblioth=E8que
http://www.fyifrance.com/fyi1pli1.htm#ChateletB
* Culan, Biblioth=E8que Maurice Est=E8ve
http://www.fyifrance.com/fyi1pli1.htm#CulanBME
* Fo=EBcy, Biblioth=E8que Municipale
http://www.fyifrance.com/fyi1pli2.htm#FoecyBM
* Genouilly, La Biblioth=E8que
http://www.fyifrance.com/fyi1pli2.htm#GenouillyB
* Guerche sur l'Aubois, La, La Biblioth=E8que
http://www.fyifrance.com/fyi1pli2.htm#GuercheB
* Herry, Biblioth=E8que Municipale
http://www.fyifrance.com/fyi1pli2.htm#HerryBM
* Massay, M=E9diath=E8que
http://www.fyifrance.com/fyi1pli3.htm#MassayM
* Mehun sur Y=E8vre, Biblioth=E8que Alain Fournier
http://www.fyifrance.com/fyi1pli3.htm#MehunBAF
* Rians, La Biblioth=E8que
http://www.fyifrance.com/fyi1pli4.htm#RiansB
* Saint Amand Montrond, Biblioth=E8que Municipale Isabel Godin
http://www.fyifrance.com/fyi1pli4.htm#SaintAmandMontrondBMIG
* Saint Doulchard, Biblioth=E8que Municipale
http://www.fyifrance.com/fyi1pli4.htm#SaintDoulchardBM
* Saint Satur, Biblioth=E8que Maurice Genevoix
http://www.fyifrance.com/fyi1pli4.htm#SaintSaturBMG
* Sancergues, Biblioth=E8que Municipale
http://www.fyifrance.com/fyi1pli4.htm#SancerguesBM
* Sancoins, Biblioth=E8que Centrale de Pr=EAt du Cher
http://www.fyifrance.com/fyi1pli4.htm#SancoinsBCP
* Vierzon, Biblioth=E8que Municipale Paul Eluard
http://www.fyifrance.com/fyi1pli4.htm#VierzonBMPE
-- please contact me regarding other libraries in the Cher, and=20
I'll add them to my lists -- simply town names or any other=20
minimal information, I'll do the research.
The entries, too, targeted by the above list, are designed to be=20
interesting & useful to anyone in or around or knowledgeable=20
about the Cher, or who might be on their way there for a visit --=20
so if I've left some relevant datum out please let me know?
I plan to provide addresses, terrestrial and virtual, and=20
geo-locations if & as GoogleEarth & Wikimapia conventions for=20
same ever settle down -- the latter seem to change daily, for=20
now, in the Digital Age of Incunabula frenzy -- also Collections=20
details and in selected cases a little local color & interest.
The Cher region is a beautiful one, with long histories. For=20
example Sancerre produces some of my favorite wines, and its=20
local noble family's Stephen I was the young blade who famously=20
rejected Princess Sibylla of Jerusalem, and her Kingdom, during=20
the Crusades, presumably because he preferred the Upper Loire=20
Valley to the Levant -- or maybe it was Sibylla herself,=20
reputedly a handful... according to Hollywood and Orlando Bloom,=20
anyway, in "The Kingdom of Heaven" (2005)...
If I could provide wine & cheese samples for this particular=20
region I would, but those still are beyond Internet digital=20
capacities, for now... some day we'll just FTP'em...=20
n-dimensional binary transfers, in olfactory mode...
But if I'm leaving something already-available out, now, which=20
would be useful -- something librarianly, or Information-related=20
or Internet-related or of Digital Library interest -- maybe some=20
unknown "treasure" hidden in a tiny local Collection, somewhere=20
in the Cher, as France so often offers -- then let me know.
French wine & cheese & "treasures" still are best-sampled in=20
person, I suppose -- en depit de all of the internauterie that=20
they have there now.
Happy day-after-Valentine's Day to friends in frozen France --=20
from a warm & sunny morning in Californie la Belle,=20
malheureusement located far from le Cher.
Jack Kessler, kessler@well.com
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