Bibliothèque Saint-Jean

Bibliothèque Saint-Jean is an academic and research library at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. OverviewThe library is located approximately five kilometres east of the main University of Alberta campus. Its mission is to serve the students and professors of Campus Saint-Jean, the University of Alberta's francophone campus. However, it is open to the public; and borrowing options exist for users who do not carry a university ONEcard. As a member of the University of Alberta Libraries, BSJ is also a part of the NEOS library consortium, The Alberta Library and COPPUL. Therefore, users not only have access to the documents and services offered on site, but also to a number of collections and services offered by the other libraries in these networks. CollectionBSJ's main collection is classified according to the Library of Congress system and includes books and periodicals that support all programs of study offered at Campus Saint-Jean (arts and humanities, social sciences, education, health sciences, natural sciences). Government publications are added to the collection on a regular basis thanks to BSJ's status as a selective depository library for documents published by the Government of Canada. Furthermore, a large collection of documents on microform, including a number of historical Western-Canadian francophone newspapers and the complete EDUQ microfiche collection (all documents published in the field of education in the Canadian province of Quebec from 1981 to 1995) are available. BSJ is also a depository of the National Film Board of Canada's French films.

Bibliothèque Saint-Jean is an academic and research library at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. OverviewThe library is located approximately five kilometres east of the main University of Alberta campus. Its mission is to serve the students and professors of Campus Saint-Jean, the University of Alberta's francophone campus. However, it is open to the public; and borrowing options exist for users who do not carry a university ONEcard. As a member of the University of Alberta Libraries, BSJ is also a part of the NEOS library consortium, The Alberta Library and COPPUL. Therefore, users not only have access to the documents and services offered on site, but also to a number of collections and services offered by the other libraries in these networks. CollectionBSJ's main collection is classified according to the Library of Congress system and includes books and periodicals that support all programs of study offered at Campus Saint-Jean (arts and humanities, social sciences, education, health sciences, natural sciences). Government publications are added to the collection on a regular basis thanks to BSJ's status as a selective depository library for documents published by the Government of Canada. Furthermore, a large collection of documents on microform, including a number of historical Western-Canadian francophone newspapers and the complete EDUQ microfiche collection (all documents published in the field of education in the Canadian province of Quebec from 1981 to 1995) are available. BSJ is also a depository of the National Film Board of Canada's French films.