The Library of French School of Asian Studies (EFEO)

Abstract

The French School of Asian Studies (École française d'Extrême-Orient - EFEO) formerly the permanent archaeological mission in Indochina (Mission archéologique permanents en Indochine) was founded in 1898. The decree by the French President on the official foundation of EFEO indicated the objectives of the EFEO: 1/ To carry out research on the archaeological and philological exploration of the Indochinese Peninsula, and to contribute, by every means possible, to the understanding of its history, its monuments, and its languages. 2/ To contribute toward the study of the neighbouring regions and civilizations: India, China, Japan, the Malay world, etc. And to archive the above mention objectives, the article 3 of this decree stated the tasks of EFEO: to maintain and develop libraries and museums of EFEO. Thus, together with conducting the scientific activities, EFEO have builded the library since the very beginning of its foundation and regarded the library development as the main mission of EFEO. The article generalizes about library of EFEO and briefly introduces the valuable documentation corpus filing here.