Global library co-operative OCLC has announced that the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) has contributed 2.4 million records to WorldCat, the world's most comprehensive network of data about library collections. The contribution, which includes 800,000 new records, will make BAnQ's valuable collections more visible and accessible to researchers worldwide.
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, the national library, national archives and central library of a major metropolitan city, brings together, preserves and promotes materials from or related to Québec.
As a cultural hub, BAnQ strives to expand access to knowledge in 12 facilities open to the public across Québec: the Grande Bibliothèque, a preservation facility and 10 archives facilities. Located in the heart of Montréal, the Grande Bibliothèque offers open and free access to its heritage collections' materials and to its universal circulating collection. Over 5 million items circulate from this unique collection in French and other languages, which includes books, CDs, DVDs and e-books.
WorldCat claims to be the world's most comprehensive database of information about library collections. Libraries cooperatively contribute, enhance and share bibliographic data through WorldCat, connecting people to cultural and scholarly resources in libraries worldwide.
WorldCat brings together information about collection items, electronic resources and the libraries that make them available. On average, a bibliographic record is added to WorldCat every second.
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