The Montreal Public Libraries Network (, previously ''Réseau des bibliothèques publiques de Montréal'') is the

public library A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also Civil service, civil servants. There are ...

system on the

Island of Montreal The Island of Montreal (french: Île de Montréal) is a large island in southwestern Quebec, Canada, that is the site of a number of municipalities including most of the city of Montreal and is the most populous island in Canada. It is the main ...

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 ...

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. It is the largest

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public library system in

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, and also has items in English and other languages. Its central branch closed in March 2005 and its collections incorporated into the collections 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 ...

. The municipally-run Montreal Public Libraries Network (as distinct from the provincial

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 Gr ...

, which is also located in Montreal) includes 67 libraries, including 44 libraries in the city of

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and 12 branches in other municipalities on the Island of Montreal. There are several additional branches which are privately funded public libraries within the system and which require a nominal membership fee.

History

Relief of a torch at the Montreal Mechanics Institute

Montreal Mechanics Institute was one of a series of Mechanic's Institutes that were set up around the world after becoming popular in Britain. It housed a subscription library that allowed members who paid a fee to borrow books. The Mechanic's Institutes libraries eventually became public libraries when the establishment of free libraries occurred.

Services

*Information and reference services *Access to full text databases *Community information *Internet access *Reader's advisory services *Programs for children, youth and adults *Delivery to homebound individuals *Interlibrary loan *Free downloadable audiobooks

Branches

Ahuntsic Ahuntsic (; French pronunciation ) is a district in the northern part of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Originally an independent village, Ahuntsic was first annexed by Montreal in 1910, then merged into the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville in 2002. ...

*Belleville *Benny *Bibliobus *Biblio-courrier *Bibliothèque de la Maison culturelle et communautaire *Bibliothèque interculturelle *Cartierville *Charleroi *Côte-des-Neiges *Du Boisé *Frontenac *Georges-Vanier *Haut-

Anjou Anjou may refer to: Geography and titles France * County of Anjou, a historical county in France and predecessor of the Duchy of Anjou **Count of Anjou, title of nobility *Duchy of Anjou, a historical duchy and later a province of France **Duk ...

*Henri-Bourassa *Hochelaga *Île des Sœurs *Jean-Corbeil *Langelier *La Petite-Patrie *Le Prévost * L'Île-Bizard *L’Octogone ( LaSalle) *Maisonneuve *Marc-Favreau *Marie-Uguay *Mercier *Mordecai-Richler *

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Notre-Dame-de-Grâce ( en, Our Lady of Grace), also nicknamed NDG, is a residential neighbourhood of Montreal in the city's West End, with a population of 166,520 (2016). An independent municipality until annexed by the City of Montreal in 1910, ...

*Parc-Extension *Père-Ambroise * Pierrefonds *Plateau-Mont-Royal *

Pointe-aux-Trembles Pointe-aux-Trembles was a municipality, founded in 1674, that was annexed by Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1982. This was the last city to be merged into Montreal until the 2002 municipal reorganization. On January 1, 2002 this neighbourhood a ...

* Rivière-des-Prairies *Robert-Bourassa * Rosemont * Roxboro *Saint-Charles *Saint-Henri * Saint-Léonard *Saint-Michel *Saint-Pierre *Salaberry *Saul-Bellow *Jacqueline-De Repentigny *Vieux-Saint-Laurent

Gallery

File:Bibliotheque Saint-Michel.jpg, Bibliothèque Saint-Michel; rue François-Perrault File:Bibliotheque Cote-des-Neiges interieur.jpg, Bibliothèque Côte-des-Neiges;

Côte-des-Neiges Côte-des-Neiges (, ) is a neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at the geographic centre of the Island of Montreal on the western slope of Mount Royal and is part of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. Côt ...

File:Edifice Albert-Dumouchel.jpg, Bibliothèque d'Ahuntsic, 10 300, rue Lajeunesse File:Bibliotheque Saint-Henri.jpg, Bibliothèque Saint-Henri, rue Notre-Dame File:Bibliotheque L-ile-Bizard.jpg, Bibliothèque L'Île-Bizard, L'Île-Bizard File:Bibliotheque Marc-Favreau 003.jpg, Bibliothèque Marc-Favreau, 700 boulevard Rosemont

References

External links

Montréal Libraries Network

2006 data from Canadian Urban Libraries Council

Collection de la ville de Montréal (R9582)
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Library and Archives Canada Library and Archives Canada (LAC; french: Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) is the federal institution, tasked with acquiring, preserving, and providing accessibility to the documentary heritage of Canada. The national archive and library is th ...