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The Grande Bibliothèque du Québec (GBQ) is a very large library in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its collection is part of the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec (BNQ), Quebec's national library. Modern-style library itories and/or access points for maps, prints or other artwork, microfilm, microfiche, audio tapes, CDs, LPs, video tapes and DVDs, and provide public facilities to access CD-ROM databases and the Internet. ... This article needs cleanup. ... This article describes the Canadian province. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... The Bibliothèque nationale du Québec (BNQ) is the Crown corporation acting as the national library of Quebec. ... This article describes the Canadian province. ... United States Library of Congress, Jefferson building A national library is a library specifically established by the government of a nation to serve as the pre-eminent repository of information for that country. ...

The 33,000 square metre Grande Bibliothèque du Québec building in Montreal. The sculpture in the forecourt is Espace fractal by Jean-Pierre Morin.

The main entrance hall of the GBQ.

The central volume of the GBQ, with the shelves of the Collection universelle.

The reading room of the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec's Collection nationale.

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Collection

The GBQ's collection consists of some 4,000,000 works, including 1,140,000 books, 1,200,000 other documents, and 1,660,000 microfiches. The majority of the works are in French; about 30% are in English, and a dozen other languages are also represented. A book is a collection of leaves of paper, parchment or other material, bound together along one edge within covers. ... Microfiche machines may be available at libraries or record archives. ... French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

These works are divided into two collections. The Collection nationale or Quebec heritage collection, with about one million works, consists of copies of all works given to the BNQ for legal deposit since 1968. This is supplemented by the Saint-Sulpice collection of some 78,000 works, some dating back to the 1760s and including books from the personal libraries of such figures as Louis-Joseph Papineau and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine. The Collection nationale is available for on-site reference. United States Library of Congress, Jefferson building A national library is a library specifically established by the government of a nation to serve as the pre-eminent repository of information for that country. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Events and Trends King George III ascends the British throne in 1760. ... Portrait of Louis-Joseph Papineau. ... Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine. ...

The Collection universelle, a collection of about three million works on all subjects, includes the collection of the Bibliothèque centrale de Montréal, purchased from the city of Montreal for the project, as well as new acquisitions. Except for reference works, these works are available for loan. Written works are catalogued by the Dewey Decimal System. The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC, also called the Dewey Decimal System) is a system of library classification developed by Melvil Dewey (1851–1931) in 1876, and since greatly modified and expanded in the course of the twenty-two major revisions which have occurred up until 2004. ...

Besides written works, there is also a large multimedia collection including 70,000 music CDs, 5,000 music scores, 16,000 films on VHS or DVD, and 500 software programs, available for loan. The library's adapted book service holds more than 50,000 documents for the visually impaired, including Braille and audio books. Top view VHS cassette with US Quarter for scale Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed The Video Home System, better known by its acronym VHS, is a recording and playing standard for video cassette recorders (VCRs), developed by JVC (ironically, with some of its critical technology under... DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for storing data, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... A Czech braille calendar There is also an asteroid 9969 Braille Braille is a tactile writing system used by blind people. ...

Services

The library has 1,300 reading armchairs, 850 study seats and carrels, and 350 computer stations.

The basement contains a children's library with special audio-visual equipment, the Espace jeunes.

Its extensive multimedia facilities include 44 audio stations and 50 video stations, as well as multimedia computer terminals and two music rooms with facilities for composing electronic music. Electronic music - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

Other specialized services include a job and career centre, a business connection centre, a special service centre for newcomers to Quebec, and a language laboratory.

In addition to its collections, reading rooms, and audio-visual facilities, the library also contains exhibition spaces, conference rooms, theatres, and auditoriums.

Building

The GBQ, which had been a pet project of former Quebec premier Lucien Bouchard, was designed by Patkau Architects from Vancouver, British Columbia and Croft-Pelletier/Gilles Guité from Quebec City. Lucien Bouchard official Quebec government picture. ... This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th) - Land 925,186 km² - Water 19,549 km² (2. ... Motto: Don de Dieu feray valoir (Gift of God shall make prosper) Area: 547. ...

Construction on the new 33,000 m² library, a $Cdn 90.6 million project, began in 2001 on the site of the former Palais du commerce. It was officially opened 23 April 2005 in time for the World Book and Copyright Day, during a year in which Montreal held the honorary title of World Book Capital given by UNESCO. The library was opened to the general public the following Saturday, April 30, 2005, and loans began on May 3. The Canadian dollar, CAD or C$, is the unit of currency of Canada. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... World Book and Copyright Day is a yearly event organised by UNESCO to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright. ... World Book Capital is a title bestowed by UNESCO to a city in recognition of the quality of its programs to promote books and reading and the dedication of all players in the book industry. ... UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1946. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years). ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ...

The postmodern five-storey building is clad with U-shaped plates of glass of a type never used before in North America, placed horizontally on the copper uprights that run the whole height of the building. Postmodernity or postmodern architecture is a period, whose first examples are generally cited as being from the 1950s, which runs through the present. ... The physics definition of a glass is a uniform amorphous solid material, usually produced when a suitably viscous molten material cools very rapidly, thereby not giving enough time for a regular crystal lattice to form. ... World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is the third largest continent in area and in population after Eurasia and Africa. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 , 4, d Density, Hardness 8920 kg/m3, 3. ...

The national and universal collections are each housed in one of two chambres de bois ("wooden rooms"), a reference to Anne Hébert's novel Les Chambres de bois. These multi-storey areas are demarcated by walls of wooden slats, either allowing indirect natural light or blocking it according to the conservation needs of the collection. The slats are made of Quebec-grown yellow birch, the provincial tree of Quebec. Anne Hebert Anne Hébert (August 1, 1916 - January 22, 2000) was a Canadian author and poet. ... This list of Provincial tree emblems of Canada includes the official trees of the Provinces and Territories of Canada. ...

In accordance with the Quebec government's policy on integrating art and architecture, the building contains several integrated works of art:

an exterior sculpture, Espace fractal, by Jean-Pierre Morin;
a glass mural on the rue Savoie façade, Vous êtes ici, by Dominique Blain;
a kinetic luminous mural at metro level, Voix sans bruit, by Louise Viger;
a sculpture garden to the north of the building, divided into plots of which one will be developed with sculpture and landscape art each year; currently containing Jardin punk and Jardin de la forêt urbaine by Roger Gaudreau.

The GBQ is located at 475, boul. De Maisonneuve Est at the corner of rue Berri, in the Quartier Latin adjacent to the UQAM campus, in the borough of Ville-Marie. It is connected by the underground city to Berri-UQAM metro station. Place-Saint-Henri station The Montreal Metro is the main form of public transportation for the city of Montreal and was the second metro system to be built in Canada, opening 12 years after the Toronto subway. ... The Esplanade Ernest-Cormier, a sculpture garden in Montreal, with Melvin Charneys work Colonnes allégoriques. ... The Quartier Latin is an area in the Ville-Marie borough of Montreal, surrounding UQAM and lower Saint-Denis Street, between downtown and the Village gai. ... The Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec. ... Ville-Marie is the name of a borough (arrondissement) in the city of Montreal, Quebec. ... Montreals underground city (French: La Ville souterraine) is the well-known underground city complex in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Berri-UQAM Berri-UQAM is a station on the Montreal Metro Green, Orange, and Yellow Lines. ...

External link

Official Website (http://www.bnquebec.ca) (in French, with English summary)

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