Quotations

Les choses ne se font jamais facilement dans le domaine culturel, ce n'est jamais considéré comme essentiel. On en revient à ce que disait Lapalme : les bouts de route et les ponceaux l'emportent toujours sur les affaires culturelles.

Lise Bissonnette

in L'Actualité, « Le flambeau aux jeunes », by Roch Côté, July 9th, 2010 (link is doomed to disappear some day)

Kansas City Public Library

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.

Henry David Thoreau

Grande Bibliothèque in L'Actualité

To read (in French) a series in L'Actualité about the Grande Bibliothèque of Montréal to mark its 5 years of existence. The archives of the magazaine is available on the Internet for a limited time. You will find among others a gide to 5 hidden treasures of the website of BAnQ.

Heritage Highlighted

Municipalities and regions in the province of Québec are more and more valuing and highlighting their heritage to attract tourists. Here are some examples:

Tourisme patrimonial du Bas-Saint-Laurent (in French)
Circuit du patrimoine religieux de l'île d'Orléans (the site has an English version but the brochure on religious heritage in pdf format can be seen on the French version)
La Sarre City (population 7336 in 2006 according to Statistics Canada)

New Libraries

We made ourselves quieter lately. During that time, new projects were announced in Québec. Among others: new libraries in Saint-Isidore (population 2503 in 2006, according to Statistics Canada) and La Minerve (population 1295 in 2006, according to Statistics Canada) to meet the growing needs of their populations.