Concordia University Libraries

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Concordia University Libraries
J.W McConnell.jpg
The J.W. McConnell Building houses the R. Howard Webster Library.
Country Canada
Type Academic library
Location Montreal, Quebec
Coordinates 45.496979,-73.578384
Branches 2
Collection
Size 3 million (2009-2010)
Access and use
Circulation 150,000
Population served ~ 45,000 students
Other information
Budget CAD $ 4,233,439 (2009-2010)
Director Dr. Guylaine Beaudry
Staff 135
Website library.concordia.ca
References: [1]

Concordia University Libraries is the library system at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Concordia University has two library locations, the R. Howard Webster Library located in the J.W. McConnell Building of the Sir George Williams Campus and the Georges P. Vanier Library located at the Loyola Campus. On September 2, 2014, the Libraries opened the Grey Nuns Reading Room, a silent study space for Concordia students located in the former Chapel of the Invention of the Holy Cross. The Reading Room has seating for 192 students, with an additional 42 chairs in small reading rooms. A student of Political Science was the first to enter.[2]

Concordia University Libraries house several special collections including the Azrieli Holocaust Collection and the Irving Layton Collection.[3] Most Special Collections are located in the Vanier Library. The Libraries also maintain the University's institutional repository, Spectrum.[4]

The Concordia University Libraries is a member of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries.[5] Concordia University Libraries also has partnerships with the Canadian Research Knowledge Network and The Data Liberation Initiative.[6]

Since 1990, Concordia University Libraries has been hosting an annual public holiday auction, held every December, where all proceeds go to over 10 Montreal-based charities. The fund-raising event is planned and run wholly by the Library staff, also featuring a bazaar and pot luck lunch.

Branches

There are two branches of the Concordia University Libraries as well as a separate reading room:

References

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    Concordia Political Science student Jessica Lelièvre was the first student to enter the new Grey Nuns Reading Room. She was welcomed by President Alan Shepard and Provost Benoit-Antoine Bacon
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