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The Library’s Left Bank branch
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American Library celebrates its 30th anniversary
10 October 2017In 1950, the United States Information Service (USIS) asks the Library to create branches throughout France. Roubaix will be the first – providing the first public reading room the city has ever had – followed by Rennes, Nantes, Toulouse, Montpellier, Grenoble, Saint-Etienne, and Nancy.