The java library

• Established at 17, Villa d'Alésia - 75014 PARIS on 15 January 2001, la Bibliothèque Javal (Javal Library) is to be found on the ground floor of the "Maison de l'Ophtalmologie" which also houses the headquarters of the SFO, the SNOF and the OPC
  
  
• It is open Monday to Friday from 1400 to 1700

Tel : 01 44 12 60 55
Fax : 01 44 12 40 42

• It is intended, first and foremost, for members of the SFO (possible to visit in the morning between 1000 and 1300, by appointment only) and, according to the space available, to professionals and students in optometry and orthoptics, researchers, historians, translators, film makers… who are interested in ophthalmology.

• It contains a very comprehensive collection of books, old and new (more than 2500 works from the XIXth, XXth and XXIst centuries) covering all the fields of ophthalmology. Encyclopedias and textbooks are also available to readers.
  
  
  
• Moreover, the Bibliothèque Javal receives the majority of ophthalmological journals published worldwide: the library subscribes to 60 journals at present and 12 others are received in an exchange with other international societies of ophthalmology.

• In the reading room, 2 computer stations allow access to the Internet, particularly to Medline to put together bibliographies on the spot.