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Distract from the library. Survey of the presse-lemon exhibition

Abstract

First event presented, not in a dedicated location, but in the press area of the Bpi refurbished for the occasion, the lemon press exhibition was an event for users of the library in the sense of Paul Ricoeur: a time when ‘something arrives, breaks out, tears an already established order’. If it was a question for the Estienne Ecole, a partner of the event, to present the best press drawings from the national presse-lemon competition, for the Bpi the stakes were twofold: to reaffirm its topical mission through the subject of the press drawing, but also to test a mechanism encouraging users to diversify their activities within the library itself, which is therefore no longer seen as a mere area of study, but also as a place for entertainment and discoveries. The irruption of the new one, says Paul Ricoeur, inevitably calls for ‘a request for sense’. The survey, conducted through observations and interviews, focused on this second stage of the event, from the point of view of visitors to the exhibition and familiar audiences with the library. Did users perceive the novelty of this offer? How did they take it? First of all, it can be seen that, for the most part, they discovered it by way of surprise, which was linked in particular to the characteristics of the technical device. The interviews show, however, that the event met some of the expectations of the users and that this meeting took place through the two anthropological categories, each of which structured the world’s experience: space and time. For those who portray the library as an anchor, the exhibition was sometimes experienced as an intrusion into an appropriate space. Other users, more open to novelty, took it as an opportunity to explore a poorly known universe. As for the time spent on the library, it remains above all that of the study, the main reason for coming to the Bpi, and the visit to the exhibition — if it takes place — takes place in a break. In this case, the time spent in the exhibition is then lived as an additional gain, enrichment.

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