Bibliothèque Saul-Bellow
This library is named after Saul Bellow, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1976. A native of Lachine, he is considered the author who best captured the immigrant experience of coming to America.
Services
Calendar
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Activities by registration
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The library at a glance
Our popular loans and services
You can borrow books, comic books, CDs, DVDs, video games, magazines, board games, and more. Newspapers are available for reading and consulting.
This stimulating environment offers many services: book loans, comic books, CDs, DVDs, video games, magazines, board games, and more. Newspapers are available for reading and consulting.
Loans to discover
For adults
- Outdoor equipment to borrow during winter
- KOBO AURA readers
- Technokits
Try out new technologies: 3D pencils, touch and graphic tablets, Finch robots, Stop Motion. You can view the complete collection in the binder at the counter. Four-week non-renewable loan at the counter. Do not use the chutes for returns - Surprise loans
Not sure what you want or just curious? Borrow wrapped books on different themes and read them in the comfort of your home. - Gardening kits
- MP3 players
- Cocooningbags (ten books, activities and surprises)
- Passesto Montréal museums
- Musical instruments
For young people (ages 14 and under)
- Valises à lire (briefcase brimming with texts)
Check out a series of briefcases packed with three to five reading materials, each covering a theme. Reserve one online (in French) or by contacting us by phone or email. - Surprise bags
We carefully stock bags with books and magazines to delight kids of different ages (3-4, 5-7 and 8-9).
Services to discover
- Garden Cuttings Library, a place to exchange your pots of budding plants
- Biblio-semences service and its catalogue of organic seeds
- The Biblio-maison service, a home loan service, is available for elderly people or for persons with limited mobility.
- Office Automation and Computer Support
- Get an Accès Loisirs Lachine card
- Buy a used book for $1 any time. Two big sales are held in June and November.
- Reservation of a workroom for individual or group use. Maximum 2 hours/day.
- Books for Baby
By subscribing your baby under one year old, you will receive a reader kit
For youth only
- Club de lecture d’été TD (Summer Reading Club): An amazing literary adventure awaits you
Fees
Prints 8,5 x 11 ou 8,5 x 14 (B&W) | $0.10/page |
Prints 8,5 x 11 ou 8,5 x 14 (Color) | $0,50/page |
Prints11 x 17 (B&W) | $0.20/page |
Prints 11 x 17 (Color) | $1/page |
Reusable bag | $2 |
Rental of the large conference room that holds up to 80 people. Includes screen, projector, microphone, lectern, speaker, whiteboard, tables, chairs, coffee machine and kettle. | Free for recognized Lachine organizations - $10.60/hour + taxes for recognized NPOs that do not meet the conditions of the policy to support NPOs - $79.70/hour + taxes for other Montréal users - $112.05/hour + taxes for non-residents The hourly rate also applies to set-up and dismantling. |
Payment methods
- Cash
- Debit card
- MasterCard and Visa credit cards ($5,000 limit per day)
Accessibility
- Access ramp
- Accessible parking
- Accessible signage
- Accessible washrooms
- Automatic opening door
- Drop-off zone
- Elevator
- Ground-level entrance
- Push button at building entrance
- Reserved parking spaces (permit)
- Stroller-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Battery or cell phone drop-off
- Bike stand
- Changing table
- Drinking fountain
- Free menstrual products
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Nursing room
- Vehicle charging station
- Washroom
Directions
Montréal, QC H8S 4B8
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