page_title: Moncton Public Library
section_title: Naming
hierarchical_section_title: Moncton Public Library / History / Naming
caption_attribution_description: English: Writer Northrop Frye statue in MonctonFrançais&#160;: Statue de l'écrivain Northrop Frye à Moncton
context_page_description: The Moncton Public Library in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, aims to meet the educational, cultural, informational and recreational needs of its users. The Moncton Public Library provides access to a province-wide collection of more than 1.8 million items, 116,000 of which are on its shelves.
context_section_description: In 1998 the City of Moncton's name bank committee suggested that the Moncton Public Library change its name to the Northrop Frye Library to honour the acclaimed literary critic Northrop Frye, who lived in Moncton during his early years. However, the library board of the time disagreed on the grounds that though Frye had a great international reputation and was a renowned and celebrated philosopher and critic, he had "done nothing for the Moncton Public Library itself". The board was also concerned that, if the library were to become the Northrop Frye Library, citizens might get the impression that the public library was instead an archive dedicated to Frye and his works. In order to honour this famous Monctonian, the library instead chose to name a meeting room after him.
caption: Northrop Frye statue outside the entrance of Moncton Public Library at Blue Cross Centre
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