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

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system on the

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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 (BAnQ), Quebec's national library. Membership in the library is free to all residents of Quebec. It has some 10,000 users per day ...

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

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, 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 mechanics' 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 mechanics' 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 *Belleville *Benny *Biblio-courrier *Bibliobus *Bibliothèque de la Maison culturelle et communautaire *Bibliothèque interculturelle *Cartierville *Charleroi *Côte-des-Neiges *Du Boisé *Frontenac *Georges-Vanier *Haut- Anjou *Henri-Bourassa *Hochelaga *Île des Sœurs *Jacqueline-De Repentigny *Jean-Corbeil *La Petite-Patrie *Langelier *Le Prévost * L'Île-Bizard *L'Octogone ( LaSalle) *Maisonneuve *Marc-Favreau *Marie-Uguay *Mercier *Mordecai-Richler *

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (, , ), commonly known as 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, NDG is today o ...

*Parc-Extension *Père-Ambroise * Pierrefonds *Plateau-Mont-Royal * Pointe-aux-Trembles * Rivière-des-Prairies *Robert-Bourassa * Rosemont * Roxboro *Saint-Charles *Saint-Henri * Saint-Léonard *Saint-Michel *Saint-Pierre *Salaberry *Saul-Bellow *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 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

Bibliothèques Montréal

2006 data from Canadian Urban Libraries Council

Collection de la ville de Montréal (R9582)
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