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Images as an integral part of our documentary heritage: posters and prints at Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Élise Lassonde  and
Danielle Léger
Élise Lassonde*
Affiliation:
Responsable intérimaire de collections, Livres d’artistes, estampes et reliures d’art, Direction de la recherche et de l’édition, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, 2275, rue Holt, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2G 3H1
Danielle Léger*
Affiliation:
Spécialiste de collections, Programmes de spectacles et affiches, Direction de la recherche et de l’édition, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, 2275, rue Holt, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2G 3H1
*
Email: elise.lassonde@banq.qc.ca
Email: danielle.leger@banq.qc.ca
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Abstract

When seeking comprehensiveness, any collector encounters the rare and the exceptional. Posters and prints are this article’s main theme; many outstanding recent additions of these documents have been made to the Quebec Heritage Collection at Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec since 1992, when new areas of development were added. Various acquisition modes and strategies are described, illustrating original ways to apply legal deposit and documenting varied sources for purchase and donation within each family of publications. Forays made by visual artists into poster production are also outlined. In conclusion, the authors evoke concerns about how to cope with disparate, distant and diversely managed iconographic documents and the strategic value of acquisition data.

Type
Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , 2009 , pp. 27 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2009

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1. This dual mission of conservation and consultation is, as a rule, supported through the acquisition of two copies of every document. In many cases, however, only one copy can be acquired and this lone copy must withstand these two conflicting functions.Google Scholar
2. In 2006, three sets of documents, corresponding to the three areas of focus of the institution’s activities, were brought together within BAnQ. The roles of public library (embodied in the Grande Bibliothèque, which was inaugurated in Montreal in 2005) and national archives (through nine regional archives centres) constitute two of these areas. The Quebec Heritage Collection of published documents relates to BAnQ’s focus as a national library.Google Scholar
3. Choko, Marc H. is the author of a major historical work on Quebec posters (L’affiche au Québec: des origines à nos jours, Montreal, Éditions de l’Homme, 2001) and has also written books on Canadian war posters and posters issued by Canadian Pacific.Google Scholar
4. On BAnQ’s portal, at www.banq.qc.ca, you can find the map search interface by clicking on the following, starting from the English homepage: Find in the collections/Quebec heritage collection/Special collections/Maps.Google Scholar