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: Ms Sandra E. Perry,
Position or official title: Legislature
Librarian
Number of library staff: 24.5
Number of professional librarians: 9
Number of research and subject analyst staff in the
Library: 1
Number of secretarial and support staff: 1
Number of other staff in the Library: 13.5
Size of collection: 425.000
Number of annual accessions (number of volumes):
11.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 647.000 C$
Analytical cataloguing: not by the Library
Number of current periodicals: 358
Number of current newspapers: 156
Press cuttings: by the library
Number of newspapers and press services used for
clipping: 4
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for
subject indexing: Thesaurus and classification
system
Restricted to members of parliament:: 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
Reference services: yes
Number of reference requests per year: 3500
Current bibliographies: yes
Number of current bibliographic bulletins or
series: 25
Right to deposit: Full federal depository
library
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
Perry, Sandra E. and Karen L.
Powell. On behalf of the Crown : lieutenant governors
of the North-West Territories and Alberta, 1869-2005. Edmonton
: Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 2006.
Perry, Sandra E. and Jessica J.
Craig. The mantle of leadership : premiers of the
Northwest Territories and Alberta, 1897-2005. Edmonton :
Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 2006.
Perry, Sandra E. and Valerie L.
Footz. A higher duty : speakers of the Legislative
Assemblies of the North-West Territories and Alberta,
1888-2005. Edmonton : Legislative Assembly of Alberta,
2006.
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
