Partenariat des bibliothèques universitaires du Québec
About
The Partenariat des bibliothèques universitaires du Québec (Quebec University Libraries Partnership) is a joint initiative between 18 university libraries in Quebec, providing students across all institutions access to a shared catalogue and data platforms.
The Partenariat des bibliothèques universitaires du Québec (PBUQ), unveiled by the Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire (BCI) in October 2019, is a partnership between 18 universities in Quebec to provide its scholarly community with three new digital platforms, including a Shared Services Platform (SSP). PBUQ has since become a separate entity as of September 1, 2023.
The Sofia Discovery tool, the SSP, is a bilingual catalogue consolidating the collections of all 18 partner institutions that provides Concordia Library users with access to more than 20 million items and serves as a single portal for searching, accessing and requesting material across the member universities.
In addition to the Sofia Discovery tool, the partnership has created two digital platforms, Géoindex and Borealis: The Canadian Dataverse Repository.
In the news
Hackett, A. (2019, November 4). Concordia and university libraries across Quebec partner to offer access to their shared catalogue and data
Goldstein, L. (2020, July 15). Concordia launches a unified catalogue