|  | La Grande Bibliothèque
| Status: | | | Construction Dates | | Began | 2002 | | Finished | 2004 | | Floor Count | 5 | | Basement Floors | 1 |
|  | | Building Uses | | - library | | Structural Types | | - lowrise |
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Description
La Grande Bibliothè±µe unites together French and English language collections. Key facts from its opening April 30/2005:
* Construction budget (equipment and land included): $97.6 million (The initial construction budget for the project ordered by the Qu颥c government in January 2000, before work began, was $90.6 million. That amount was revised to $97.6 million in November 2002.)
* Computer architecture: $12.7 million? New acquisitions of documents: $17.2 million
* Document processing and integration into the catalogue: $14.1 million
* Purchase of the collections of the Biblioth豵e centrale de Montr顬 under an agreement between the Qu颥c government and Ville de Montr顬: $35 million
* Total floorspace: 33,000 square metres on 6 levels? Number of employees: close to 400, including more than 250 serving the public
* Collections: 4 million documents
o 1.2 million books;
o 1.2 million other documents (journals, magazines, newspapers, music CDs and cassettes, DVDs, videocassettes, reference works, software, etc.);
o 1.6 million microforms (microfiches and microfilms)
An international architecture competition selected a group including Vancouver based Patkau architects for this signature Montreal building.
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