Concordia University Libraries

Concordia University Libraries
The J.W. McConnell Building houses the R. Howard Webster Library.
Country Canada
Type Academic library
Location Montreal, Quebec
Branches 2
Collection
Size 3 million (2009-2010)
Access and use
Population served ~ 45,000 students
Other information
Budget CAD $ 4,233,439 (2009-2010)
Director Gerald Beasley
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 on the Loyola Campus.

Concordia University Libraries house several special and unique collections including the Azrieli Holocaust Collection and the Irving Layton Collection.[2] Most Special Collections are located in the Vanier Library. The Libraries also maintain the University's institutional repository, Spectrum.[3]

The Concordia University Libraries is a member of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries.[4] Concordia University Libraries also has partnerships with the Canadian Research Knowledge Network and the The Data Liberation Initiative.[5]

Branches

There are two branches of the Concordia University Libraries:

References

  1. ^ "Collection Services - About the Libraries". Concordia University Libraries. Concordia University. 2011-11-01. http://library.concordia.ca/about/collections/. Retrieved 23 December 2011. 
  2. ^ "Unique Collections". Library.concordia.ca. 2009-12-08. http://library.concordia.ca/services/collections/unique/. Retrieved 2010-11-20. 
  3. ^ Canada. "Welcome to Spectrum: Concordia University Research Repository — Spectrum: Concordia University Research Repository". Spectrum.library.concordia.ca. http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/. Retrieved 2010-11-20. 
  4. ^ "Membership". About CARL. Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL). 2011. http://carl-abrc.ca/en/about-carl/carl-members.html#concordia. Retrieved 23 December 2011. 
  5. ^ "Partnerships". Concordia University Libraries. Concordia University. 2005-03-23. http://library.concordia.ca/about/partnerships/. Retrieved 23 December 2011. 

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