# Concordia University Library

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University library in Montreal, Canada

Concordia University Library The J.W. McConnell Building houses the R. Howard Webster Library. 45°29′49″N 73°34′42″W / 45.496979°N 73.578384°W / 45.496979; -73.578384 Location Montreal, Quebec, Canada Type Academic library Branches 2 Collection Size 1.75 millilion, 100,000+ journals Access and use Circulation 100,000 Population served 44,000 students 1.8 million visits in 2024-25 Other information Budget CAD $ 19M (CAD $5.5M in digital resources)(2015-2016) Director Amy Buckland[1] Employees 112 Website library.concordia.ca References: [2]

**Concordia University Library** is the [library](/source/Library) system at [Concordia University](/source/Concordia_University_(Quebec)) in [Montreal](/source/Montreal), [Quebec](/source/Quebec), Canada. Concordia University has three library locations. The R. Howard Webster Library is located in the [J.W. McConnell Building](/source/J.W._McConnell_Building) on the [Sir George Williams Campus](/source/Quartier_Concordia) and the Georges P. Vanier Library is located on the [Loyola Campus](/source/Loyola_College_(Montreal)). On September 2, 2014, the Library opened the Grey Nuns Reading Room, a silent study space for Concordia students located in the former Chapel of the Invention of the Holy Cross. The Reading Room is now managed by the [School of Graduate Studies](https://www.concordia.ca/gradstudies.html).

The Concordia University Library houses several special collections including the [Azrieli](/source/David_Azrieli) [Holocaust](/source/Holocaust) Collection and the [Irving Layton](/source/Irving_Layton) Collection.[3] Most Special Collections are located in the Vanier Library. The Library also maintains the university's institutional repository, Spectrum.[4]

The Concordia University Library is a member of the [Canadian Association of Research Libraries](/source/Canadian_Association_of_Research_Libraries).[5] Concordia University Library also has partnerships with the Canadian Research Knowledge Network and The Data Liberation Initiative.[6]

## Branches

There are two branches of the Concordia University Library:

- **R. Howard Webster Library**, 1400 [De Maisonneuve Boulevard West](/source/De_Maisonneuve_Boulevard), Montreal, QC

- **Georges P. Vanier Library**, 7141 [Sherbrooke Street West](/source/Sherbrooke_Street), Montreal, QC

	- Photo gallery

		- Study space at the Vanier Library, Concordia University

		- Stairwell in the Vanier Library, Concordia University

		- Vanier Library's Course Reserves Room, Concordia University

		- Renovated in 2015, the third floor of the Webster Library, Concordia University.

		- Renovated in 2015, the third floor of the Webster Library houses the Seminar Room (left) and part of the book collection.

		- Webster Library's Course Reserves Room, Concordia University

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Goldstein, Leslie. ["Concordia welcomes Amy Buckland as university librarian"](https://www.concordia.ca/news/stories/2023/07/05/concordia-welcomes-amy-buckland-as-university-librarian.html). *Concordia University*. Concordia University. Retrieved 5 November 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-about_2-0)** ["Library Strategic Directions Consultation"](https://www.concordia.ca/about/strategic-directions/overview/libraries-consultation.html). *Concordia University Libraries*. Concordia University. 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Special Collections"](http://library.concordia.ca/find/special-collections/). Library.concordia.ca. 2016-06-27. Retrieved 2016-06-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Canada. ["Welcome to Spectrum: Concordia University Research Repository — Spectrum: Concordia University Research Repository"](http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/). Spectrum.library.concordia.ca. Retrieved 2010-11-20.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CARL_5-0)** ["Membership"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121019073316/http://carl-abrc.ca/en/about-carl/carl-members.html#concordia). *About CARL*. [Canadian Association of Research Libraries](/source/Canadian_Association_of_Research_Libraries) (CARL). 2011. Archived from [the original](http://carl-abrc.ca/en/about-carl/carl-members.html#concordia) on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-partnerships_6-0)** ["Memberships and collaborations"](https://library.concordia.ca/about/memberships/). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20191205082259/http://library.concordia.ca:80/about/memberships/) from the original on 2019-12-05.

## External links

- [Concordia University Library](http://library.concordia.ca/)

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