Two objectives: A Municipal Library up to Standards and the Preservation of the Roussell House

Brownsburg-Chatham, Québec, Canada
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About Us

We are a non-partisan coalition of citizens of Brownsburg-Chatham, who have at heart the fate of our library and our architectural heritage. We believe that the library should be relocated to a bigger house, better equipped and be endowed with sufficient human resources to meet the needs of the population. The Roussell house (Principale/des Érables) is one of the last heritage building of interest to be located downtown.

The coalition has acknowledged the lack of support among the population for the relocalisation of the library in the Russell house. We now consider them as two separate files.

Luc Bélisle, Hélène Boivin, Michel Brisson, Jean Careau, Gilles Desforges, Cynthia Dubé, Anik Ferland, Pierre Gagnon, François Jobin, Sophie LaRoche, Diane Leduc, Mylène Mondou, Gilbert Poupart, Maurice Rochon, Claire Thivierge, Kathleen Wilson.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Library and Heritage - Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts' Library Gaston-Miron



Library Gaston-Miron, named in honour of the Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts' native poet, is situated since 1981 in a magnificent heritage building, Beaux-Arts style built in 1912. Having once served as post office, the building also houses the offices of the Heritage Committee of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts and the city's culture department.

The library offers its customers a collection of nearly 33,000 books, 50 periodicals, four Internet workstations available by reservation and a wireless Internet network.

The library pays homage to Gaston Miron by offering the « Miron le Magnifique » stamp collection as well as an armoire dedicated to prizes and honours received by the famous poet, deceased since 1996. It also offers an animation program for children such "Une naissance un livre", story time and the «Club des Aventuriers du Livre»

Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts'  population in 2008: 9625

http://www.ville.sainte-agathe-des-monts.qc.ca/en/services-bibliotheque.php

http://www.reseaubiblioduquebec.qc.ca/portail/index.aspx?page=3&module=500&BID=877
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