Twenty members sit on this council, which is tasked with examining, validating and assessing the scientific content on the website.
Members are appointed and meetings convened and chaired by Gilles Pécout, BnF Chair.
For the BnF :
- Sylvie Aubenas, director of the Prints and Photography Department
- Emmanuelle Gondrand, director of the literature and arts department
- Laurent Héricher, head of the Oriental Manuscripts Department
- Jeanne-Marie Jandeaux, director of the department of philosophy, history and human sciences
- Eve Netchine, director of the Maps and Plans Department
For the partner libraries :
- Jean Druel (Director of IDEO) ;
- Laurent Coulon (Director of IFAO) ;
- Marie-Dominique Nenna (Director of CEAlex) ;
- Eberhard Kienle (Director of 'IFPO) ;
- Carole Dagher (President of the BO Society of Friends ) ;
- Jean-François Pérouse (Director of IFEA until August 2017) ;
- Jean-Jacques Pérennès (Director of 'EBAF) ;
- Meriç Öner (Director of Research and Programs at SALT).
Seven research specialists appointed on account of their scientific expertise :
- Michel Abitbol (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) ;
- Rémi Brague (Institut de France, Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne) ;
- Sophie Basch (Université Paris-Sorbonne) ;
- Jacqueline Chabbi (Arabic teacher with an Agrégation, the highest secondary teaching qualification in France, Doctor of Literature, Honorary University Professor) ;
- Frédéric Hitzel (Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne, CNRS, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales) ;
- Henry Laurens (Collège de France) ;
- Mercedes Volait (CNRS, laboratoire InVisu).
Image caption : costumes Turcs de Constantinople, pl. n °17.