Libraries in Canada
Official name of the federated
state/autonomous territory: Yukon
Territory
Official language: English &
French
Official name of Parliament:
Legislative Assembly
- Unicameral -
Library services are provided by:
The Yukon Archives
Requests for information concerning the Parliament should
be addressed to:
Mr Patrick Michael
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly
Address
The Yukon Archives
P.O. Box 2703
Whitehorse, YT
Canada Y1A 2C6
Tel (1)(867)667-5321
Fax (1)(867)667-3035
E-Mail:
Yukon.Archives@gov.yk.ca
Internet-Homepage:
http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/services/library/
Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1972
Person in charge: Ms Diane
Chisholm,
Position or official title: Assistant
Territorial Archivist
Number of library staff: 12,
Number of professional librarians:
4,
Number of other staff in the Library:
8
Size of collection: 24.000
Annual acquisitions budget:C$ 4.000
(USD 1.45%)
Number of current periodicals:
100
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: No
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: Thesaurus and classifications
system
Automation of cataloguing: Yes
Is the automated library catalogue
accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?:
No
Restricted to members of parliament:
No,
Who else may use library: Open to the
general public either during personal visits, e-mail, telephone
& faxes
Number of reading rooms: 1 (60)
Number of loans per year:
10.597
Reference services: 3.314
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
Yes, number varies
External database searches: No
Analysis and research: No
Other special services: Displays
(list available on request), Circulating Microfilm available on ILL
(list available upon request), Circulating videos (list available
upon request), Photo reproduction (Prices available upon request).
Any other information: The Archives
collects personal manuscripts, government records, photographs,
corporate records, films, sound recordings, maps and plans,
newspapers and imprints as they relate to the Territory
Right to deposit: Yukon Archives
welcomes donations/deposits of all published and non-published
material (i.e. photographs, manuscripts, corporate records,
government records, book, pamphlets, etc.) relating to the Yukon
Territory
Depository library: Legislative
Assembly documents (published & non-published); Legal documents
(Bills, Acts, Statutes, etc.); NTS Maps of the Yukon, Federal Gov't
partial depository
Other special collections of the
Library: Yukon Government records, Manuscripts, Corporate
Records, Sound recordings, Maps & Plans, Films/Videos,
Photographs, Newspapers & Library material as they relate to
the Territory.
IFLA membership: No
Publications published by the
Library
Checklist of Yukon
newspapers : 1898 - 1985
Parliamentary Papers
Hansard
Reports
Journal
