Digital collections

The digital collections of the IBE UNESCO include the Historical Textbook Collection and the IBE Archives, both accessible via the TIND database.

IBE Archives, 1925-1969

Internal documents of historical importance dating from the foundation of the IBE until 1969.

Historical Textbooks

Textbooks and teaching materials from over 140 countries, covering more than 50 different subjects and available in over 104 languages. These include, among others:

- Rare textbooks dating from the 1700s;

- Textbooks from the personal libraries of the IBE's precursors, founders, and educators such as Marc Antoine-Julien, Pierre Bovet, Marie Butts and Jean Piaget.

The digitization of the Historical Textbook Collection is in progress.