From May 18 to July 30, the summer card is back!

Whether you are a high school student, university student or professional, you can obtain our summer card free of charge.

It gives you access to:

• Our reading rooms;
• Our print collections (you can borrow as much as you want during the validity period of your summer card*);
• Our digital collections (only on site).

*All your borrows must be returned before the 31th of July, if not, penalties will be applied.

The procedure for obtaining a summer card is simple:

1. Fill in the registration form.
2. Attach proof of address dated within the last three months in your name (French or foreign addresses accepted);
3. Attach a passport photo in jpeg format if you have never been registered before;
4. Send the confirmation of receipt of the form, proof of address and passport photo to inscription.bib@sciencespo.fr;
5. Wait for a response to your request by email within three working days;
6. Collect your card from the reception desk at the Saint-Guillaume Library (only if you have never had a card before);
7. Make the most of the Sciences Po Library's services!

List of accepted proof of address:

• Water, electricity, gas or telephone bill (landline or mobile)
• Tax notice or certificate of non-taxation
• Home insurance receipt
• Rent receipt
• Proof of accommodation for people staying with someone else, attaching one of the above documents in the name of the person signing the certificate

Identity documents, bank documents, civil liability insurance documents and health insurance documents are not accepted as proof of residence.

Some key information to know:

The Sciences Po Library is located on two sites:

• The Saint-Guillaume Library, 27 rue Saint-Guillaume
• The Saint-Thomas Library, 1 place Saint-Thomas d'Aquin

We invite you to read the collections repartition between the two sites before coming.

Before confirming your application, please note that major renovation work will be taking place in the Sciences Po libraries from Monday 22 June until the end of your subscription period.

This work will significantly affect your working conditions within the library during your subscription period.

Access to our study areas as well as access to our collections will be restricted.

• The Saint Thomas Library and its collections will be accessible up to and including Friday 19 June (complete closure from Monday 22 June).
• Requests for items from the library’s stacks can be fulfilled up to and including Tuesday 21 July (closure from Wednesday 22 July).
• Requests for items from the library’s remote stacks can be fulfilled up to 12 noon on Thursday 23 July (closure from Friday 24 July).

The Saint-Guillaume Library will remain open until Thursday 30 July inclusive, and the collections in the reading room will remain accessible (link to opening hours https://www.sciencespo.fr/bibliotheque/fr/utiliser-la-bibliotheque/informations-pratiques/horaires/ )

We are open during the summer from Monday to Friday, 9.30 am to 9.30 pm. We are closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

Our printed collections in the reading rooms represent only a small part of our holdings. To explore the entire collection, we recommend using our Catalogue. From this interface, you can easily send your loan requests and choose your pick-up location (the reception desk at Saint-Guillaume, the automatic lockers at Saint-Guillaume, or the automatic lockers at Saint-Thomas).

Our digital collections are also accessible via the Catalogue. The Digital Library gives you access to certain archival collections and our digitised collections.

Seats on the 5th floor of the Saint-Guillaume Library are subject to reservation: before your visit, reserve your seat online to sit in these areas or choose one of the open-access areas.