The Grande Bibliothèque du Québec (GBQ) was a public corporation of the province of
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
, Canada. It came into existence in 1998 and merged with
Bibliothèque nationale du Québec
A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a vir ...
in 2002. Its purpose was to plan the creation of the
Grande Bibliothèque
The Grande Bibliothèque is a public library in Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its collection is part of Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), Quebec's national library.
Membership in the library is free to all resident ...
.
See also
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Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
The Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec ( 'National Library and Archives of Quebec') or BAnQ is a Quebec government agency which manages the province's legal deposit system, national archives, and national library. Located at the G ...
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Literature of Quebec
This is an article about literature in Quebec.
16th and 17th centuries
During this period, the society of New France was being built with great difficulty. The French merchants contracted to transport colonists did not respect their end of t ...
External links
BAnQ's Official Website(in French, with English summary)
References
* Bibliothèque nationale du Québec: Direction des communications et des relations publiques. ''Here Is Your Grande Bibliothèque''. Montréal: Bibliothèque nationale du Québec: printing
yQuébécor, 2005. ''N.B''.: Published (also in French) on the occasion of the "Open House", on 30 April and 1 May 2005, Montréal, that launched the Grande Bibliothèque du Québec.
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Public libraries in Quebec
Libraries in Montreal
Crown corporations of Quebec