Libraries in Canada
Official name of the federated
state/autonomous territory: Alberta
Province
Official language: English
Official name of Parliament:
Legislative Assembly
- Unicameral -
Address
Alberta Legislature Library
216, Legislature Building
Edmonton, Alta., T5K 2B6
Tel. (1)(403)4272473
Fax (1)(403)4276016
Cable address: Comparlas Edmonton
Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1906
Person in charge: Mr D. Blake
McDougall,
Position or official title: Deputy
Minister / Legislature Librarian
Number of library staff: 16,
Number
of professional librarians: 6,
Number
of other staff in the Library: 10
Size of collection: 203.538
Annual acquisitions budget: 135.300
C$
Number of current periodicals:
613
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Classification system
Restricted to members of parliament:
No, 3.8.1.: the official membership of the Library consists of the
Lieutenant-Governor and all Members of the Legislative Assembly.
However, in the interest of economy and the most effective use of
Alberta's library resources, the Library may be used by other
persons. The Alberta public service make extensive use of the
facility. University students, lawyers, consultants, and private
citizens use the Library to a lesser extent
Right to deposit: Full depository
status for the Province of Alberta and the Province of
Ontario
Any other information: The Library
maintains the largest collection of Alberta government
publications
IFLA membership: No
Publications published by the
Library
Backhaus,
C.: Royal commissions and
commissions of inquiry : 1905 - 1976. - 1977
Powell, Karen
L.: History of name changes of
Alberta government departments & agencies : 1905 - 1973.
- 1977
Powell, Karen
L.: Reference guide to Alberta
government committees : 1905 - 1980. - 1982
McDougall, D.
Blake: Lieutenant-Governors of the
Northwest Territories and Alberta : 1876 - 1991 / by D.
Blake McDougall, John E. McDonough, and Kenneth W. Tingley. -
1991
McDougall, D.
Blake: Premiers of the Northwest
Territories and Alberta : 1897 - 1991. - 1991
Alberta
government libraries' newsletter
Directory of
Alberta government libaries
Publications concerning the
Library
Hoyano, A.:
A history of the Legislature
Library / by A. Hoyano and D. Blake MacDougall. - 1979
McDougall,
D. Blake: Library handbook. - 1989
McDougall, D.
Blake: Alberta // In:
Canada's parliamentary libraries=Les bibliothèques
parlementaires du Canada / The Association of Parliamentary
Librarians in Canada. - 1989
Parliamentary Papers
Alberta
Hansard
1906 -
Daily during session
Votes and
proceedings
Daily during session ; replaced by corresponding Journals
Journals
1906/09 -
Annual
Reports
Standing or Select Committees
Bills
Public and private
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