This morning, in my mailbox, I found the library card for my membership at the new Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec. Bibliotheque is French for library.
I’ve been a member of the public library ever since I was born or since whatever minimum age is required. I knew all the fuss about the opening of the national library. I was even there when they were holding the contest for the architect/designer who would make the building. Last year, a few classmates made a presentation on that building. I’m just saying that I’ve been on top of things and I never ever thought about membership. Registration is such a trivial thing and I forgot all about it. Fortunately, they send out by mail, membership cards and passwords to all members of the municipal libraries.
The official website is much less appealing than the Quebec Portal. Something ought to be done about that header. On the functionality side, if you use search feature on the homepage instead of using the Catalogue tab, you end up with popup windows all over the place.
One of the sad things is that it only holds 4 432 617 documents. Not that it’s relevant to me, but libraries are often measured by the quantity of information they have. For comparison, the library of UQAM holds about 10 million documents or so says my economics teacher. Nonetheless, I am eager to step foot into that new place which seems, by the way, very welcoming.

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