Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux

What Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux does

The Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux (IMB, UMR 5251) operates a specialized research library — the Bibliothèque de Recherche Mathématiques et Informatique (BMI) — located in Building A33 on the Université de Bordeaux campus in Talence, France. BMI provides mathematics and computer science research literature services to members of three affiliated research units: IMB itself, the Université Fédérale de Mathématiques et Interactions (UFMI), and the Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique (LaBRI, UMR 5800). The user base comprises faculty-researchers, doctoral students, master's students in mathematics and computer science, and candidates preparing for French agrégation/CAPES competitive teaching examinations.

The library's core product is a hybrid physical-and-digital collection consisting of 30,000 volumes and 535 printed periodicals (110 active subscriptions), supported by an online catalog (Catalogue BMI), the Babord+ discovery platform for cross-publisher electronic resource search, interlibrary loan services (Prêt entre bibliothèques), and a user-driven acquisition suggestion workflow. Access infrastructure includes 70 reading seats, 8 computer workstations, 51 weekly opening hours, secure lockers, and remote access to subscribed digital resources (AMS, CEDRAM, EMS, MSN zbM, Wiley, Elsevier, SIAM, JSTOR, etc.) via institutional ENT authentication and CNRS BibCnrs/Portail Math portals. The underlying technology stack is a conventional library information management system supplemented by the Ex Libris-hosted Babord+ discovery layer.

BMI is a non-commercial public service; access is free for registered members and there is no pricing model, revenue stream, or commercial customer relationship. Funding flows from Université de Bordeaux and CNRS allocations to UMR 5251. The entity holds no patents, trademarks, certifications, or commercial awards, and operates within the French public higher education and research system. Strategic posture is best characterized as stewardship of a specialized academic collection rather than market-facing activity, with operational scale (15 staff) and reach limited to the host university's affiliated research community in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

Name

Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux

Legal name

Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux

Website

https://bmi.math.u-bordeaux.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Bibliothèque de Recherche Mathématiques et Informatique (BMI) is a public specialized research library at Université de Bordeaux serving mathematics and computer science researchers, doctoral students, and master's candidates from IMB, UFMI, and LaBRI, providing physical collections, digital resources, and interlibrary loan services free of charge.

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Talence

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France

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Europe

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B2B

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Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Core offering

The Bibliotheque de Recherche Mathematiques et Informatique (BMI) is a specialized research library providing physical and digital access to mathematics and computer science literature for members of IMB (UMR 5251), UFMI, and LaBRI (UMR 5800). It offers an online catalog (Catalogue BMI), the Babord+ discovery platform for journals and ebooks, interlibrary loan services, and remote access to publisher and CNRS-aggregated digital resources.

Product overview

The Bibliothèque de Recherche Mathématiques et Informatique (BMI) is a unified library service providing research resources in mathematics and computer science. Its core offering is the physical and digital library collection (30,000 books, 535 periodicals) supported by online catalog search capabilities, the Babord+ discovery platform for electronic resources, and interlibrary loan services. The BMI serves as the primary information resource hub for three research laboratories (IMB, UFMI, LaBRI) at the University of Bordeaux, offering both physical access (reading rooms, 70 seats) and remote digital resource access.

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• Bibliothèque de Recherche Mathématiques et Informatique (BMI) A specialized research library in mathematics and computer science providing physical collections, digital resources, and interlibrary loan services to faculty researchers, doctoral students, master's students, and competitive exam candidates affiliated with member institutions.
• Catalogue BMI Online catalog service allowing users to search the library's physical and digital collections by author or title, with support for exact and approximate spelling search.
• Babord+ Discovery Platform Electronic resource discovery platform integrated with the library system for searching journals and ebooks across multiple publishers.
• Prêt entre Bibliothèques (Interlibrary Loan) Interlibrary loan service allowing registered users to request photocopies or loans of books and articles from other libraries.
• Suggestion d'Achat (Purchase Suggestions) Online form for registered users to suggest new book acquisitions for the library collection.
• Digital Resources Portal Remote access portal providing digital subscriptions and databases including AMS, CEDRAM, EMS, MSN zbM, Wiley, Elsevier, SIAM, JSTOR, CNRS Portail Math, BibCnrs, and educational resources via mesmanuels.fr.

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Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and primary.

• RNBM - Réseau National des Bibliothèques de Mathématiques (GDS 2755)coreOthersBMI is a member of the national French mathematics library network (RNBM), which coordinates mathematical library resources across France, providing shared access to collections and services.
• IMB - Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux (UMR 5251)primaryOthersBMI provides dedicated library services to members of IMB, one of its primary affiliated research units.
• LaBRI - Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique (UMR 5800)primaryOthersBMI provides dedicated library services to members of LaBRI, one of its primary affiliated research units.
• UFMI - Université Fédérale de Mathématiques et InteractionsprimaryOthersBMI provides dedicated library services to members of UFMI, one of its primary affiliated institutions.
• Université de BordeauxprimaryOthersBMI is part of Université de Bordeaux infrastructure, providing library services through institutional affiliation and ENT (Espace Numérique de Travail) authentication system for remote access.
• CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)coreOthersBMI provides access to CNRS portal resources including Portail Math (SMF, Springer, Duke, SMAI, Centre MERSENNE, EUDML), BibCnrs (JSTOR, EDP sciences, Scopus, WOS, INSPEC, ACM DL), and PLM authentication for affiliated researchers.

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Broad incumbents

• JSTOR: JSTOR is a large multidisciplinary digital academic library covering mathematics among many fields. BMI offers JSTOR access to its users, and JSTOR serves the same academic research base, albeit at much broader scope than BMI's specialized collection.
• MathSciNet (American Mathematical Society): MathSciNet is the dominant international mathematics literature database, providing reviews and abstracts across the global mathematics research corpus. BMI provides remote access to MathSciNet (via AMS) to its users, and it serves the same mathematics research community at much larger international scale.

Others

• OCLC: OCLC is a global library cooperative providing shared cataloging, resource sharing, and discovery services. It enables interlibrary loan and collaborative cataloging infrastructure that libraries such as BMI rely on, functioning as a back-office ecosystem provider.
• Ex Libris Group: Ex Libris Group provides library management software and discovery platforms, including the Babord+ system that BMI uses. As a vendor, it supplies the underlying technology infrastructure BMI depends on for digital resource access, making it an ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor.

Direct peers

• CEDRAM: CEDRAM is a French digital platform for mathematics and computer science journals providing open access to French academic publications. It overlaps directly with BMI's collection scope and serves the same French mathematics and CS research community.
• zbMATH: zbMATH (Zentralblatt MATH) is an international reviewing and abstracting service for mathematical publications, providing access to mathematics literature reviews. It serves the same mathematics research audience as BMI and is a referenced resource in BMI's digital offerings.
• Numdam: Numdam is a French digital mathematics library providing open access to mathematics journals, proceedings, and books. It serves the same French mathematics research community as BMI and represents a complementary digital channel for the same literature.

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