The Montreal Public Libraries Network ( , previously Réseau des bibliothèques publiques de Montréal) is the public library system on the Island of Montreal in Quebec, Canada. It is the largest French language public library system in North America, 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 municipally-run Montreal Public Libraries Network (as distinct from the provincial Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, which is also located in Montreal) includes 67 libraries, including 44 libraries in the city of Montreal 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
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 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
See also
Atwater Library of the Mechanics' Institute of Montreal Westmount Public Library
References
External links
Montréal Libraries Bibliothèques Montréal 2006 data from Canadian Urban Libraries Council Collection de la ville de Montréal (R9582) at Library and Archives Canada. The collection holds some 8500 photographs of places and events in Montreal and winter sceneries in Peribonca.