Libraries in Canada
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)
