ICSSPE News
No.48
September 2006
 
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In Remembrance, Alain Poncet
August 17, 1942 – June 19, 2006
Gretchen Ghent


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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