Bibliometrography. A book for each Paris metro station

Last updated on 5 April 2019

When the books carry you. Once again admiring the genius and imagination of librarians. The Aulnay-sous-Bois library team in the suburbs of Paris offers you a subway plan to say the least original. Each station is an invitation to read with a book associated with it. 

Forget your mobile phones, games and other social networks, the librarians in Aulnay suggest that you bring out a book for the hours spent on transport. Rich idea. With a second-degree touch of humour and a real literary touch, the fine team at Les Biblis d’Alnay offers you a selection of books linked to the mapping of Paris metro stations. For each station, one reading.

The realization is very simple, but practical. The creators of this map of the subway books used a Google Maps map with a reference card for each station. By clicking on a station, you get the sheet of a book with a note explaining the link with the station’s name. Some links are self-evident, others are less obvious, but this is not the most important.

Each book file also contains the book reference in the libraries of Aulnay-sous-Bois. This was part of the specifications of the librarians, each suggested book had to be available in one of the libraries of the city network. If you do not live in Aulnay, you can search for the books in your city’s library.

A great idea for all lovers of books and reading.

This metrograph is published in the blog of the libraries of Aulnay-sous-Bois. Some time ago, I wrote a first article on first two lines linking a subway station to a book. Since then, the "metrographers" have finished their map and all the lines of the Parisian metro. The articles are a bit scattered in the blog, but they are all there. Examples: Line 7, Line 11, Line 5, RER line B… All this work deserves a site in its own right. (Who rises to the challenge? Town Hall of Aulnay? Department? Region? Ministry of Culture? RATP? … me I say that, I say nothing …)

Link: Blog of the librarians of the city of Aulnay-sous-Bois