About Dokpe

Dokpe (which stands for Dokumentationzentrum Pérolles) results from the successful collaboration between the Faculty of Sciences of Fribourg University and La Bibliothèque Cantonale & Universitaire. The library has officially opened on December 11. 2000. Chemistry and mathematics Libraries are separate.

Dokpe current staff

Serge Brügger Tél. +41 26 300 92 63	Acquisitions management, cataloging
François Rappaz Tél. +41 26 300 92 60	Administration, Institutional repository promotion, informatics
Alexandre Vaira Tél. +41 26 300 92 64	Mac & PC support, informatics
Halim Zinaoui Tél. +41 26 300 92 61	Collections management

The home page gives some more information on the library facilities. The three entries in the left submenu describe in some details how to find books, journals, how to borrow a document or request a copy from an other library.

Some information on the Faculty of sciences libraries are also provided on the BCU-KUB site.

Others sites from the Faculty of sciences

• Faculty of Science
Departments:
• Biology : Ecology & evolution ; Plant biology ; Zoology ; Jardin Botanique
• Chemistry
• Geosciences : Geology ; Geography ; Mineralogy ; Archaeometry
• Informatics : Research Groups
• Mathematics : Research Groups ; Math library
• Medicine : Anatomy ; Biochemistry ; Physiology ; Sport & Motricity
• Physics : Adolphe Merkle Institute ; Experimental Physics Research Groups ; Theoretical Physics Research Groups
• Musée d'histoire naturelle

Legal documents

The library is not an independent entity in itself, but is a part of the Dean office Faculty of science.

Among the legal texts from the University or from the Fribourg canton, the following are relevant to the library:

University of Fribourg	Canton of Fribourg
Politique d'acquisition des bibliothèques de la Faculté Règlement du 6.12.2004 de la Commission de bibliothèque de la Faculté des sciences Directives du 19.10.2004 (personnel des bibliothèques décentralisées) Règlement du 13.12.2004 (bibliothèques décentralisées) Legal documents of the Faculty of sciences (in french, in german)	Règlement concernant la BCU Reglement der KUB Loi sur les institutions culturelles de l’Etat Gesetz über die Kulturellen Institution des Staates