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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) 393-6253
E-Mail: yukon.archives@gov.yk.ca
Internet-Homepage: http://www.tc.gov.yk.ca/75.html

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