The Library

The understatement of the century would be for me to say that the one library at the Lyon 3 - Manufacture de tabacs campus pales in comparison to UBC's library resources. Can you also believe that there's, like, no elevator in this library? I have now experienced going back in time.

One of the bigger libraries in Lyon is le Part-Dieu but it is also by no means something to write a postcard home about. I got a library card on Saturday: borrowing books is not free.
Paper alert: To get a library card, you need to bring: a piece of ID, a justificatif de domicile, your student card (to take advantage of better rates) and money.

I remember a French professor telling us once how spoiled university students were in Canada, and made a reference to our library privileges and access to resources. Granted, the average UBC student pays about two-hundred times what the average French student pays for tuition. Nevertheless, sucks sucks. Although, our higher tuition price doesn't explain why we get to borrow almost any book we want from the public library and bring them home to read while on the toilet, all for free!