Minister's Advisory Committee on Library Services for Aboriginal People

Saskatchewan Library Systems

Regional Libraries Southern Saskatchewan PNLS Northern Saskatchewan Municipal Libraries Regina and Saskatoon Role of the Regional Library Board/Northern Board/ Municipal Library Board composed of representatives from all municipalities and participating First Nations elects an executive committee manages the annual budget policy development hires the regional library director composed of members appointed by local boards of education that have libraries served by PNLS; representatives from First Nations with libraries; representatives from local public library boards; and members appointed by regional college boards elects an executive committee manages the annual budget policy development hires the library director composed of members appointed by the municipal council: the mayor, up to one other council member, and other members of the public manages the annual budget policy development hires the library director Services Provided by the Regional Library/Northern Office/Municipal Library payment of branch staff collection development for all libraries cataloging of materials for all libraries circulating materials in rotating blocks coordination and policy development for public library services administers grants to member libraries collection development for headquarters only teacher resources collection no cataloging of community library materials no block rotations coordinates library services for school, regional college, public and special libraries books by mail administer funds received from taxation, the Province, grants, etc. develop special collections not provided by other regional libraries or PNLS co-operate with Provincial Library in developing province-wide services through interlibrary loan, reciprocal agreements, and collection development planning serve as special resource centres Funding provincial grant to headquarters to support resource sharing; provincial grant pool determined by grant formula municipal levies for libraries goes to regional library headquarters provincial grant for northern office and matching grants for northern community public libraries municipal funding goes directly to library in community, not to headquarters municipal funding for both Regina Public and Saskatoon Public Libraries provincial grant to Regina Public and Saskatoon Public Libraries to support resource sharing; provincial grant pool determined through agreement Local Facilities municipality/First Nation must provide: building, utilities, furnishings and equipment Headquarters provides staff and library materials municipality/First Nation must provide: building, utilities, furnishings and equipment facility primarily provided by the school Staff and collections are a local responsibility city provides: building, utilities, furnishings and equipment Regina Public and Saskatoon Public Libraries provide staff Automation the automation system is purchased and maintained by regional headquarters; all libraries within the region are connected to this system each library has its own software package initiative by the Northern Lights School Division (not PNLS) to promote the use of a single software package in all the school libraries both the Regina Public and the Saskatoon Public Libraries have their own automation systems Back to Information Is For Everyone report