Useful informations

Opening hours (excluding holidays)

    • Mondays to Fridays : 09:00 to 21:30
    • Weekends : 13:00 to 19:00

Public holidays (May)

    • Friday, May 1st and Friday, 8 May  : closed
    • Thursday, 14  May and Friday, 15 May  : closed
    • Monday, 25 May (Pentecost)  : 13:00 to 19:00

Terms of access to CRDN

The CRDN is open to the public (students, Ph. D students, professors, research professors, etc).

Access to the library is, however, for security reasons, subject to certain rules.

Only during the hours of opening of the CRDN.

Please note, there is a new access device for the CRDN during out-of-working hours.

Terms of access to CRDN during the week from 9am to 8pm

Entry is via the school reception (main entrance of Télécom Paris) from Monday to Friday, from 9am to 8pm.

-All students who have registered on the database of Télécom Paris, whose badges have current access rights, can enter with those (students of the Institut Mines-Telecom and IP Paris). The badge is non-transferable and can only be used for one person.

-People from other schools and universities are allowed entry into the CRDN under the condition that they leave their student card or professional badge from their establishment at the reception or at the central security office. In exchange, a visitors badge, on a lanyard, will be given to them at the entry to the campus.

-Other external visitors are allowed entry. In exchange for a piece of identity, a visitors badge on a lanyard, will be given to them at the entry to the campus.

At 8pm, the receptionist will leave their desk and transfer the badges and the documents to the central security office. For those leaving after 8pm, they can recover what they have left, at the central security office.

Terms of access to CRDN out-of-working hours

Procedure for access CRDN in out-of-working hours

(From 8pm during the week, weekends and holidays, when the library is open to the public)

Entry rules comes into force: April 4th 2026

Users of Telecom Paris

  • Present a valid student card or professional badge
  • Entry badge
  • Failure to present valid proof will mean that procedures for external visitors will be implemented.

External visitors

  • Present a piece of identity
  • Register via the QR code (essential information)
  • Return the visitor badge when leaving the site. Un-returned badges will be reported immediately

Controls

  • On entry to the site (PC Security): verification of identity, release and recovery of badges
  • At the CRDN: presentation of a valid badge at the library reception
  • Card or badge TP
  • Visitor badge for the external visitors
  • Access will be refused if no valid proof is submitted.

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Location and contact

Library – Documentary and Digital Resource Center (CRDN)

19 place Marguerite Perey 91120 Palaiseau
Building A, 2nd floor
Telephone number: +33 1 75 31 95 50
Mail: bibliotheque@telecom-paris.fr

Access to the CRDN during  HNO :
On weekdays evenings from 8pm, at weekends and on special opening days, entry and exit are via the security control center : 31, Boulevard Thomas Gobert.

How to come to Télécom Paris

Staff

  • Sophie ChouafLibrary (CRDN) Director+33 1 75 31 95 52emailemail
  • Adjo Carine Amefia-KoffieJournal Officer and Financial Administrator+33 1 75 31 95 48emailemail
  • Sarah PoupinelScientific Collections Officer and Interlibrary Loans+33 1 75 31 95 20emailemail
  • Imène DenineElectronic Resources Officer, HAL Administrator and PhD Thesis Correspondant+33 1 75 31 95 54emailemail
  • Valérie FrançoisCultural Collections Officer and Library Communications+33 1 75 31 95 51emailemail