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Official name of the federated
state/autonomous territory: Manitoba
Province
Official language: English
Official name of Parliament:
Legislative Assembly
- Unicameral -
Address
Legislative Library of Manitoba
Main Floor
200 Vaughan Street
Winnipeg, Man., R3C 1T5
Tel. (1)(204)9454330, telex 07-587-589 FIN FPR
Fax (1)(204)9482008
Cable address: Comparlas Winnipeg
E-Mail:
Legislative_Library@chc.gov.mb.ca
Internet-Homepage:
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/leg-lib/index.html
Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1870
Person in charge: Ms Susan E.
Bishop,
Position or official title:
Legislative Librarian
Number of library staff: 17,5
Number of professional librarians:
7,5
Number of secretarial and support
staff: 6
Number of other staff in the Library:
4 (Library Technicians)
Size of collection: 112.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 75.000 C$
(USD 51.725)
Number of current periodicals:
532
Press cuttings: Yes, by the library
(4)
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:
Yes, by the clerk of the Leg. Assembly; Hansard Office
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
Number of reading rooms: 2 (60)
Number of loans per year: 5.500
Reference services: 6.700
Current bibliographies: Yes
External database searches: 330
Analysis and research: No
Restricted to members of parliament:
No,
Who else may use library: the
Legislative Library is a prime source of information for the
Members of the Legislative Assembly, government departments and
task forces periodically appointed by the government. As a research
library, it is also a resource for the academic community and the
general public
Right to deposit: By legislation, the
Library receives copies of all books, serials, and government
documents published in the Province
Any other information: Second copies
of local history and major works of Manitobiana are purchased for
the Rare Book Collection, and duplicates of newspapers and
periodicals are ordered for the Legislative Reading Room. As well
as protecting the published heritage of Manitoba, these backup
collections support the Libary's very active interlibrary loan
service
IFLA membership: No
Publications published by the
Library
Selected new
titles
Monthly list of selected books, government publications and other
materials recently added to the Library's collections ; requests to
borrow any of the items are easily made by returning the attached
form by inter-office mail
Current periodical
contents
Regular compilation of tables of contents from current issues of
periodicals held by the Library ; photocopies of any articles
listed are made by library staff on request
Manitoba government
publications monthly checklist Produced by the Library as a
comprehensive record of the official publications of the Province ;
work is currently being done on the Checklist to increase to speed at which it can
be produced and to increase the efficiency of indexing and
cumulations
Memo for
Members
Information service produced by the Library to highlight key
services and new publications of interest to Members of the
Legislative Assembly
In addition to these alerting services, the Library's current
awareness files provide subject access to current and retrospective
newspaper clippings from Winnipeg dailies. The files are organized
into more than 600 subjects reflecting the activities and interests
of the Legislature and provincial governments
Publications concerning the
Library
Bishop, Susan E.:
Manitoba // In: Canada's
parliamentary libraries=Les bibliothèques parlementaires du
Canada / The Association of Parliamentary Librarians in Canada. -
1989
Parliamentary Papers
Debates and proceedings : Hansard
Daily during the session
Votes and proceedings
= Procès verbal
Daily during session ; replaced by corresponding Journals ; contents in English and French
Journals =
Journaux
1986/1987 -
Rules, orders and forms of
proceeding=Règlement, ordres et formalités de
procédure
1988 -
Bills = Projets de loi
Government and Private Members ; contents in English and French
