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Bibliothèque du Québec: a high-voltage sale
The French media reports on the sale of BAnQ (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec) land to Hydro-Québec in downtown Montreal. The author quotes the opinion piece by Marie D. Martel and Carol Couture, published in Le Devoir on March 1.
Bibliothèque du Québec: a sale under high tension
The sale of land belonging to the Grande Bibliothèque du Québec (BAnQ) to Hydro-Québec could jeopardize the institution's development, according to an associate professor at the École de bibliothéconomie de l'Université de Montréal, and a former BAnQ archives director. At issue: the storage of archives in an electrical substation and the disappearance of essential spaces. More generally, the project would compromise the institution's cultural mission. The two authors of this article are adamant that it is urgent to demand government support to guarantee the institution's future...
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