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| - The music collection is very good, the film collection is very good as well, one can find artsy-fartsy films, the regular fare from Hollywood and TV series. The affiliation card is worth getting, it costs only 3 dollars. The collection can be checked online and if something is hard to get it can be reserved and, seemingly, as soon as it is available a notification will come by e-mail. The availability of the materials can also be checked online, even if sometimes it´s not accurate because they are at the library but not returned to the shelves. The loans can also be renewed online. The literature section is a bit awkward since they have separate sections for fiction in English and French, yet the shelves are mixed and don´t follow a logical order so one has to roam around the floor trying to find anything , one shelf will be in English, the next in French and so on. Returning the materials is easy, it´s automated (via scanner and conveyor belt) or can be dropped at a box after the place is closed. I think the entire library is designed for self-service, both for borrowing and returning, which is a very good thing since the employees always seem to be in a bad mood or get annoyed if someone dares to ask for help. There seems to be free WiFi, but it has never worked in my phone (perfection does not exist, after all), and there are no instructions on how to use it. There is a WiFi signal but no connection to the internet. I tried the WiFi in my notebook and it is iffy as well, it works 5 minutes then it drops, tried to answer some e-mails and it cannot be done For the most part it is a very good library, it has nice furniture, sculptures, it's a beautiful building (at least inside) etc but it´s bizarre and pitiful that the access to such a basic service such as wireless internet is so unreliable, I have seen coffee shops in Montreal with much better WiFi than the glorious BAnQ. The WiFi at the food court on Place Dupuis works so much better.
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