In Remembrance, Alain Poncet August 17, 1942 – June 19, 2006
Gretchen Ghent
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Alain was born on August 17, 1942 in Grenoble, France. After secondary
studies in this city until the “baccalaureate”, and a preparatory
year in the Regional Centre of Physical Education in Voiron, he passed
the competitive examination for the Higher Teacher Training School of
Physical and Sport Education (ENSEPS). He was active in skiing, rugby
and athletics. He was appointed Professor in Athletics and in outdoor
sports (skiing, climbing) at ENSEPS. During this time he also set up
the ENSEPS documentation centre.
In 1975, he became head of the Documentation Services of ENSEPS and
then INSEP (National Institute of Sport and Physical Education), the
current establishment that was created by merger of ENSEPS with INS
(National Institute of Sports). From 1975, he devoted himself to the
management and the development of the INSEP (SID) Information and Documentation
Service.
Through his leadership, the National Sport Documentation Network, SPORTDOC,
was set up in 1981 and the Héraclès database was created
to serve the French language sport community.
In 1989, Alain became a member of the IASI Executive Committee and
then Vice-President for Europe. At the IASI World Congress in Lausanne,
2001, he was elected President and re-elected in 2005 in Beijing.
Alain’s accomplishments during his tenure with IASI included
the development of the World Directory of Information Centres and Experts
where many worldwide sport libraries and collections are listed, his
work towards the integration of the Heracles database within SPORTDiscus
database, the organization of a Cyber Café at two Pre-Olympic
Congresses (Brisbane and Thessaloniki), and his leadership in promoting
sport information services and projects with partners including the
IOC, ICSSPE, IACSS, ENSSHE/REISS, and EASM.
Alain served, with great distinction, our international association
IASI, until his death on June 19, 2006

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In Remembrance, Alain Poncet
Gretchen Ghent
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