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Clearinghouse of Professional Information
French Services Resources
This section includes links to resources on the provision of user services, to libraries serving a French
language client base. Clearinghouse resources have been especially developed in the areas of ready reference, collection
development resources, literature sources and technical services.
See the Clearinghouse Topical Index for a complete list of
pages with links to French resources.
SOLS serves Francophone libraries through the
SOLS Guidelines Group.
Consulting and advice is provided by
Claire-Marie
Paquette-Finlay who can be reached by email at
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SOLS also provides translated versions of most of its published documents, a list of which can be found at
Publications en français du SBOS.
OLS - North offer general consulting service on French Language Services in Libraries. The OLS – North website
is bilingual. Translated versions of most of
OLS-North’s published
documents are available in the documents section of our website. In addition, OLS-North has bilingual staff available in most areas of the organization. For assistance with French Language services contact Steven Kraus by phone or e-mail at
Topics include
General Resources
| About Users of French resources
| Audio Books
| Award winning books
| Best Sellers
| Book Clubs
| Book Fairs
| Book Lists
| Cataloguing Sources
| Collection Development Tools
| Large Print
| Linguistic Tools
| Links to Francophone Community
| Literacy
| Readers' Advisory
| Ready Reference
| Suppliers
| Systems
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Portals to French resources
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How to Search For French Bibliographic Records in INFO/VDX
A Help Desk Tip
- Canadian Parents for French Canadian Parents for French (CPF) operates national and provincial websites that provide answers to frequently
asked questions on FSL education. It is a source of the latest information and research on French-second-language education. Click
on the link for Ontario and it will give you links to bilingual performers, bookstores, educational
resources
- Centre global d'information. A very complete list of websites
corresponding to the Clearinghouse's Ready Reference Resources site.
- Le Fouineux
This means the browser. If you need a starting off point for your French users, this is it! It Includes an amazing selection of
linguistic tools and search engines
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Termium Plus
Thiis FREE data bank has almost four million terms in English, French and
Spanish. Users can find translations for general and technical words and
expressions in practically all fields of human endeavour: administration,
informatics, environment, medicine, agriculture, industry, sports and the arts.
TERMIUM Plus® records are created by language professionals
who keep a close eye on trends in language: that makes it a reliable and useful
tool for everyone.
About users of French resources
Award winning books (adults):
- Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa: Prix littéraires
- Prix littéraires des libraires
(Association des librairies du Québec)
Current
year's list of nominees recommended by booksellers based on the
originality and quality of the writing. Number of books sold is not a criterion
for this selection. This is a list of adult fiction in French from Québec « romans québécois » and out of province « hors Québec»
Award winning books (children and young adults)
For more information, you may also visit the Prix littéraires
section on the Développement des collections et ressources littéraires on the SOLS web site.
C OLS' clearinghouse editor's favorite
sites
- Le BouquiNet
Popular online book club selections of the last quarter.
C OLS' clearinghouse editor's favorite
sites
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BQ Bibliothèque québécoise.
(Sponsored by Heritage Canada) Over 200 titles painting a panorama of Québec literature "in all its strength and diversity". Novels,
short stories, history and social sciences. Lists pocket books of good quality and reasonable prices.
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Bibliom@nes
(Services documentaires multimédia) New books sorted by profile of interests, geared mainly to boys.
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Le Bon Choix
Réseau du Centre-du-Québec, de la Lanaudière et de la Mauricie)
This bi-monthly publications lists 130 new selections, bestsellers and most borrowed books (Top Livres) from Quebec public
libraries. It will help you build your local collection. It includes annotations, in French, as well as bibliographic information.
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BOUQUINET. Club de lecture. & Quarterly selection of the most popular reads in adult fiction
- Centre AlphaPlus
 Resources for adult learning.
An extensive collection of French language materials that focus on adult and family literacy.
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Centre FORA.
Catalogue FORA (Catalogue à venir) serves as a clearinghouse for French language resources, many of which focus
on literacy. OLS-N will offer a
POOL comprising
the collection from the Alpha Plus library, including French and English hi-l books and teaching resources.
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Communication Jeunesse.
Selections for 2009-2010
(314 titles by age group) CJ is a non-profit organization promoting French Canadian literature for children
that also runs
book clubs like OLA's "Forest of Books" programs.
Livromagie et Livromanie et
Réseau CJ. For a fee will do book talks and programming.
A new section entitled
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Communications Jeunesse
Nouveautés
Lists all the new titles published in Québec and French Canada in
the last six months. New additions are added automatically, as soon as they are
received from the publishing houses.
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Librairie Monet: Suggestions by the book sellers
Have a look at their blog
which lists selections by themes, in the left navigation bar.
- Quebec Plays in Translation
A catalogue of translations available at the Centre des auteurs dramatiques
Links to Francophone Community
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Centre Fora: Le coin de la famille
A list of learning tools such as
books, videos and activity kits all linked to family literacy.
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Every Child Ready to Read @ Ottawa Public Library.
The Every Child Ready to Read (ECRR) early literacy initiative
from ALA is an innovative,
research-based approach to developing six distinct pre-reading skills that
children must know in order to learn to read. This
initiative has been adopted by the OPL. Their
webpage program is singled out because OPL has translated all the
promotional materials into French and posted
these on their website, free to download. This includes
handouts for parents and French book lists. Simply click on 'FRANÇAIS'
at the top of the page.
- Lire et
faire lire
A program in Québec that matches young readers with older retired people who read to them in schools and public libraries. The toolbox 'Boîte à outils' includes a montly bulletin
listing book suggestions and themes occasionnally, for readers from 4 to 8 from JK to grade 3
For a larger selection of links see Librairies virtuelles / On-line bookstores
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Diffusion Dimedia
Distributor for over 150 publishers, of which 40 are from Québec. Liste des éditeurs.
- Les éditions grand caractères
LARGE PRINT
- Éditions du Phoenix
Phœnix publishes books for children of all ages. Our publishing house
gives prominence to local and international authors. Our books allow
children the opportunity to discover our literary diversity, promote
interest in reading and, will motivate the more advanced readers to continue
towards more refined literature.
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Librairie du centre
(Ottawa) Centre franco-ontarien de ressources pédagogiques (CFORP) Cataloguing and selection services for public libraries.
Supplies the schools as well. Good selection of children's books
- Livres, Disques, etc (Division du Regroupement des éditeurs canadiens-français) A virtual bookstore of books and cultural products in
French produced by fifteen French publishing houses outside the Quebec province, from New Brunswick (Acadia), Ontario and the West.
- Les Messageries ADP
Canadian book distributor. Represents over
150 publishers from Québec, France, Belgium and Switzwerland. This site has their monthly list of issues.
Also links to the authors and publishers who participate in the Salon du Livre de Montréal
Suppliers - Audio books
- Audible.fr French version of the American site Audible.com site.
Offering downloable audio books. The French catalogue is limited as the French publsihing industry has yet to catch on. The colleciton inlcudes classics as
well as best sellers, news magazines, language learning tools and self-help books as well a some French radio broadcasts (Les Grosses
Têtes, Le Grand Jury du dimanche, On refait le match). Click on the «Qu'est-ce qu'on y trouve?» button for the best picks of the
week
- COFFRAGANTS
Books on tape. Originally created just for children, this collection now serves an adult clientèle by issuing books on the following topics:
philosophy, psychology, essays, novels, etc. Over 400 authors, comédians, singers (such as Marina Orsini, Pascale Bussière, Macha
Grenon, Benoît Brière, Gilles Vigneault, Philippe Noiret, Richard Gere, Haley Joel Osment, etc...) have recorded for this audio book
company
- Éditions V.D.B. Livres audios (France) The website is from France but
there is a Québec supplier. This will give you an idea of the genres available. There is a list of new books as well as a full title
list. Romance, Fantasy, Thrillers, real life stories and local history. Contact SOLS French Services consultant for a contact name
and number of the Québec rep.
- Biblio Mondo Multilingual automated system, Canadian office in Montreal
- Mandarin - French and English Interface
Updated: Dec 1, 2009
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