The history ofAbes : timeline
2023
Publication of the 2022 social report
Validation of the 2024-2028 establishment project for theAbes
Code RDA-FR: new website launched
Publication of the study on the practical implications of the Bibliographic Transition for ESR libraries
New version of Périscope
Days Abes 2023
Publication of the 2022 Activity Report
Publication of the Hcéres 2023 evaluation report
Opening of an SRU service for the Sudoc public catalog
Welcome to the 20ème wave Sudoc
Opening of QualiMarc
Improving expert research methods2022
Publication of the 2021 corporate report
Nicolas Morin is appointed Director ofAbes
Publication of the 2021 activity report
Opening of the new version of the National Licensing application
Days Abes 2022
Abes APIs available in OpenAPI format
theses.fr data available on data.gouv.fr
The University of Liège library joins the network IdRef2021
Publication of the Single Social Report 2020
Days Abes 2021
Publication of the 2020 activity report
Opening of the ORCID France website in collaboration with the Orcid France consortium
Redesign of the National Licences website
Opening of Cidemis version 3.0.0
Opening of scienceplus.abes.fr
Publication of No. 100 of the journal Arabesques2020
French-speaking libraries in Switzerland join the network IdRef
Publication of the 2019 social report
Publication of the 2019 activity report
A brand new website for the 25th anniversary ofAbes (V5)
Publication of the 1er Statistical review "Dissemination of electronic theses in France
Partnership betweenAbes and Mir@bel for the reporting of continuing resources
2020 DaysAbes
Opening of ITEM V2
The magazine Arabesques settles on Prairial2019
Closing the Sudoc mobile
The Methodological Guide of Sudoc has been revised
Publication of the 2018 activity report
Opening of the GitHub of theAbes
Publication of the social balance sheet 2018
Abes2019 Days
Redesign of the EAD website in the Library
Opening of the blog OuBiPo2018
Participation ofAbes in the French scientific publishing support plan
Publication of the social balance sheet 2017
Validation of the 2018-2022 establishment project of theAbes
National Entity File" project in partnership with the BnF:
Opening the triple blind data.idref.fr
Opening of the curation tool paprika.idref.fr
Abes2018 Days
Publication of the 2017 activity report
Hcéres evaluation report 2018 published
Opening of Calames Office
IGB report published - Abes SGBm 20182017
scanR uses IdRef as a reference identifier
Opening ofIdRef V2
Signature of the first SGBm follow-on contracts
2017 DaysAbes
Publication of the 2016 activity report
The first RDA-EN rules are applied in the Sudoc
Opening of Colodus V2
TheAbes documentation is now available in Scenari2016
Abes2016 Days
Publication of the 2015 activity report2015
Opening of BACON, the national knowledge base
The Bibliographic Transition website is online
Days Abes2015
Launch of the newsletter "L'Actu des Réseaux2014
Days Abes 2014
Publication of the 2013 activity report2013
Support for networks: launch of "J.e Cours", distance learning sessions
Final report of the metadata hub project
Days Abes 2013
Publication of the 2012 activity report
Opening of Colodus for exemplarisation operations in the Sudoc
SGBm project: publication of 2 studies by Pleiade: 
The data Calames are included in the Catalogue collectif de France (CCFr)2012
Addition of "ebooks on demand" links in records Sudoc
Strategic Bibliographic Committee Orientation Report
Launch of the Qualinca project
Abes self-training platform gets a makeover
Open Périscope - compare periodical collections
AERES evaluation report onAbes
Days Abes 2012
Publication of the 2011 activity report
Authorities: IdRef data integrates VIAF, the global network of authority data producers
Official launch of the project ISTEX2011
Establishment Project 2012-2015
Launch of Step for the reporting of theses in preparation
Opening of theses.fr
Opening of the technical blog Punktokomo
Opening of the RDA FR blog
Days Abes 2011
Publication of the 2010 activity report
Publication of the TICER report: study on the international environment of theAbes
Opening of SelfSudoc2010
Opening of Star V2
Opening of the ABESstp helpdesk
Days Abes 2010
Publication of the 2009 activity report
Network Sudoc PS: setting up of the target-based agreement system
Opening of the new version of Webstats
Loading the library directory onto Worldcat2009
Launch of the "API Sudoc " project
Opening of Numes
The "University Bookmarks" website wins the i-expo 2009 innovation award
Days Abes 2009
Publication of the 2008 activity report
Opening of the Fil' blogAbes
Theses: launch of the "Theses Portal" project entrusted toAbes by the Ministry of Higher Education
Launch of the Digital Science Library (DSL)2008
Establishment project 2008-2011
Days Abes 2008
Publication of the 2007 activity report2007
Days Abes 2007
Publication of the 2006 activity report
Data from Sudoc is exported to Google Scholar2006
Support for 7 electronic resource order groups: Chemical Abstracts Services, Ebsco, Elsevier, Jstor, JurisClasseur, Lamy, Proquest
Publication of the 2005 activity report
Opening of a new website (V3) of theAbes
Raymond Bérard is appointed Director of theAbes
2005
Opening the APE (Access to Electronic Periodicals) module
The Sudoc in Unicode
the AFNOR group on metadata for theses publishes the TEF recommendation (French electronic theses)
Abes moves to new premises
2004
TheAbes has a separate accounting department (SACD)
2003
End of the DocThèses and Myriade CD-ROM edition
Migration from Sudoc to Unix
2002
From Peb2000 to Supeb: interlibrary loan via WinIBW
OCLC integrates Pica and becomes OCLC Pica
First Networking Days Sudoc
2001
Creation of the AURA, association of users of theAbes
Closing of Thesesnet, French doctoral theses defended since 1985 are integrated into the Sudoc
Sabine Barral is appointed Director of theAbes
Massive deployment of Sudoc : in 15 months, 110 university libraries are gradually being integrated into the Sudoc network: BN-Opale, Sibil, Auroc, and "off-source" libraries
2000
Stopping production in the NCC-SP (National Union Catalogue of Serial Publications)
Opening the public interface : www.sudoc.abes.fr
1999
Closing of phase 1 of the project Sudoc
Discontinuation of the Pancatalogue and Teletheses applications
1998
Constitution of the Sudoc database: takeover of seven pre-existing databases: BN-Opale, Sibil, OCLC, CCN-PS, Téléthèses, Autorités de la BnF and Fmesh
Pilot experiment for the constitution of the Sudoc network: 7 institutions are "pilot sites" for the installation of the University Documentation System
Launch of the BIM (Monthly Information Bulletin)
Suzanne Santiago is appointed Director of theAbes
1997
Approval by the Management Board of the 1997-2000 target contract
ILL: new version of PebNet software
Sudoc The Board of Directors ofAbes chooses the PICA-Bull solution
1996
Edition of the first RAMEAU creation and modification log
SU project:Abes is the project manager
1995
First edition of DocTheses
University System Project (US): organisation into 'workstreams
Publication of the first issue of Arabesques1994
Maggy Pézeril, the first director of theAbes
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary ofAbes, a timeline was designed to trace the Agency's key events since its creation.
