| National School of Information Science and Libraries | |
| Native Name: | École nationale supérieure des sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques |
| Native Name Lang: | fr |
| Other Name: | Enssib |
| Established: | 1992 |
| Address: | 17/21 boulevard du 11 novembre 1918 |
| City: | Villeurbanne |
| State: | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Country: | France |
The École nationale supérieure des sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques (ENSSIB; French for National Superior School of Information Science and Libraries) is a French grande école based in Villeurbanne, near Lyon. It is administered by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation.[1]
Enssib's predecessor, the École nationale supérieure de bibliothécaires, was established by decree in 1963 as an Établissement public à caractère administratif.[2] The contemporary Enssib was formed by later decree in 1992, with elevated status as a grand établissement.
It provides education and training for library curators and librarians in the French civil service after a competitive examination. The school is also a member of the University of Lyon and grants a variety of master's degrees, open to those not in the civil service.[3]
Since 2009, the school publishes the , a journal established in 1956 by the merging of the Bulletin de documentation bibliographique and Bulletin d'information de la Direction des Bibliothèques de France.[4] The school belongs to the Couperin consortium.