Libraries in Canada

Official name of the federated state/autonomous territory: Nova Scotia
Province
Official language: English

Official name of Parliament: Legislative Assembly
- Unicameral -

Address
Nova Scotia Legislative Library
Province House
P.O. Box 396
Halifax, N.S., B3J 2P8
Tel. (1)(902) 424-5932, telex 01922693 PREMIER HALIFAX
Fax (1)(902) 424-0220
E-mail: leglib@gov.ns.ca

Homepage: http://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/LIBRARY/index.html Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1862
Person in charge: Ms Margaret Murphy,
Position or official title: Legislative Librarian
Number of library staff: 6,
      Number of professional librarians: 3,
      Number of other staff in the Library: 3
Size of collection: 200.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 44.000 C$
Number of current periodicals: 600
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: Yes
Press cuttings: Yes, by Hansard Office and Clerks Office
Library in charge of the archival materials of the Parliament: No
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Thesaurus and 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: library privileges are extended to the Lieutenant-Governor, Members of the Legislative Assembly, the judiciary, and the provincial civil service. The public may use the library's facilities, but they may not borrow library material
Right to deposit: Full depository status for Provincial government documents, selective for Canadian government documents
IFLA membership: No

Publications published by the Library
Publications of the Province of Nova Scotia monthly checklist
- Publications, Province of Nova Scotia : a checklist compiled in the Legislative Library of documents received during the calendar year ...

Publications concerning the Library
The Nova Scotia Legislative Library : a guide. - Halifax, 1989
Murphy, Margaret: Nova Scotia = Nouvelle-Ecosse // In: Canada's parliamentary libraries=Les bibliothèques parlementaires du Canada / The Association of Parliamentary Librarians in Canada. - 1989

Parliamentary Papers
Debates and proceedings. - Halifax : Queen's Printer
Journals and proceedings of the House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia. - Halifax : Queen's Printer

(updated September 2007)