World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Council

"Libraries without borders: Navigating towards global understanding"

10-14 August 2008, Québec, Canada,

Library Visits

Library visits are organised in the form of tours. Most tours will enable delegates to see two or three libraries. Tours are offered Wednesday 13 August throughout the day and Thursday 14 August in the morning.

Morning: from 09:00 hrs to 12:00 hrs
Afternoon: from 14:00 hrs to 17:00 hrs

Click on the library name to read the library description:

Tour 1: University and National Libraries

Wednesday 13 August 09:00 – 12:00 hours

University of Laval Library
(Humanities and Social Sciences, Science, Document Processing Service)
Centre d’archives de Québec
(Quebec Archives Centre)

Tour 2: University Libraries

Thursday 14 August 09:00 – 12:00 hrs

University of Québec library network

Tour 3: Public Libraries

Wednesday 13 August 09:00 – 12:00 hrs

Gabrielle Roy Library (under renovation)
Service du traitement documentaire du Réseau des bibliothèques de la Ville de Québec
(Document Processing Centre, Québec City Library Network)

Tour 4: Heritage Public Libraries

Thursday 14 August 09:00 – 12:00 hrs

Saint-Jean Baptiste Library (former Anglican church)
Pierre-Georges Roy Library (former Catholic chapel)

Tour 5: Public Libraries

Wednesday 13 August 14:00 – 17:00 hrs

Charlesbourg Library (new building meeting LEED standards)

Tour 6: Specialised Libraries - Health

Wednesday 13 August 14:00 – 17:00 hrs

Consortium of libraries in the Réseau universitaire integer de santé de l'Université Laval
(Laval University Integrated University Health Network)
Library of the Centre hospitalier de Université Laval (CHUL)
(Laval University Hospital Centre)
Library of the Enfant-Jésus Hospital

Tour 7: Governmental Libraries

Wednesday 13 August 14:00 – 17:00 hrs

Québec National Assembly Library
Cécile Rouleau Library
(Administrative library of the Québec government)

Tour 8: National and Museum Libraries

Wednesday 13 August 09:00 – 17:00 hrs

Centre de référence de l'Amérique francaise
(French America Reference Centre) (Seminary Library, rare books)
Documentation Centre of the Musée des Beaux-Arts du Québec
(Quebec Museum of Fine Art) (history of art and visual arts)

Tour 9: School Libraries

Wednesday 13 August 14:00 – 17:00 hrs

Library of Francoise-Zavier Gerneau College
(training in documentation techniques)

Tour 10: Montréal

Wednesday 13 August 07:00 – 19:00 hrs

Bibliotheque et Archives nationales du Quebec (Quebec National Library and Archives)
- Grande Bibliothèque
- Montréal Archives Centre
École Polytechnique Library

Tour 11: Montréal

Wednesday 13 August 07:00 – 19:00 hrs

Bibliotheque et Archives nationales du Quebec (Quebec National Library and Archives)
- Grande Bibliothèque
- Montréal Archives Centre
Westmount Public Library
Parc-Extension Public Library