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Official name of the federated state/autonomous territory: Northwest Territories
Territory
Official language: English

Official name of Parliament: Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
- Unicameral -

2. Address
Legislative Assembly of the N.W.T.
Legislative Assembly Building
P.O. Box 1320
Yellowknife, N.W.T., X1A 2L9
Canada
Tel. (1)(867) 669-2203
Fax (1)(403) 873 0107

E-Mail: vera@assembly.gov.nt.ca

Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1973
Person in charge: Ms Vera Raschke,
Position or official title: Legislative Librarian
Number of library staff: 4
Number of professional librarians: 2
Number of secretarial and support staff: 2
Size of collection: 35.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 20.000 C$
Number of current periodicals: 150
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Classification system
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: No
Press cuttings: Yes, by the library
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: No
Library in charge of the archival materials of the Parliament: No
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Classification system
Automation of cataloguing: Yes
Is the automated library catalogue accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?: Yes
Restricted to members of parliament: No,
Who else may use library: government employees at all levels of government, researchers, consultants and media. The general public may use the Library, but may not borrow material and have a restriction on various services
External database searches: Yes
Analysis and research: Yes, not by the library, by the Research Services Division of the Legislative Assembly.
Right to deposit: Full depository status for Canadian federal government documents
IFLA membership: No

Parliamentary Papers
Hansard
Votes and proceedings
In English, French, Inuktitut, North Slavey, South Slavey
Motions
(updated in August 1998)

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