Based in Montréal, Québec, Canada, PBUQ's members are the 18 academic universities, all based in the province of Québec. Amongst other services, PBUQ offers electronic content licensing to its members via its Consortial Purchasing activities
Principal Consortial Functions
Cataloging services
Collections sharing
Electronic content licensing
Interlibrary loan/document delivery
Preservation
Storage facilities
Training
Union lists/shared online catalogs