PROMOTING THE LIBRARY: N OT THE USUAL SUSPECTS L ESLIE P OLSOM S EPT 10, 2014 Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan The Legislative Assembly Service

Agenda  Introduction  Library Resource Listings for Legislative Assembly Service (LAS) Human Resources Division  Reciprocal Library Tours  Saskatchewan Library Association Conference 2014  Conclusions The Legislative Assembly Service

Introduction The Legislative Assembly Service  Help to Strengthen relationships within the Legislative Assembly Service (LAS)  Support of the Library mandate (in part)  develop and maintain the legislative and research collection, and  to ensure the collection’s present and future accessibility to parliamentarians, the civil service and the people of Saskatchewan.  Support the LAS objective of fostering awareness and knowledge of the Legislature  Seeing and taking advantage of opportunities for the Library as they arise

Resource Listings for LAS Human Resources Division  LAS Competency Framework  Library involvement - Resource Learning guides –  Ad-hoc human resources bibliographies and resource listings - on-going The Legislative Assembly Service

LAS Year of Wellness 2014 The Legislative Assembly Service

Year of Wellness – Example - June The Legislative Assembly Service LAS Wellness Resources ​ LAS Wellness Resources June's Theme - Fit and Fitter June's Theme Highlights include: Getting out and moving in a variety of ways. Bike Tune-up and Safety session - June 10:00 am. Bike Tune-up and Safety session Library Resources & links to information, recipes and a whole lot more. Library Resources

Conclusions The Legislative Assembly Service  Resources for LAS staff on various HR topics that are relevant for all employees  Break down silos between divisions of the Legislative Assembly Service  Relationships strengthened and work projects ongoing between the HR and Library divisions

Reciprocal Library Tours The Legislative Assembly Service  1 st Round – Fall 2011 Libraries and Archives participating included: --Regina Public Library – Prairie History Room --Saskatchewan Genealogical Society Library (SGS) --Saskatchewan Archives --Saskatchewan Legislative Library  2 nd Round – Spring 2013 Libraries participating included the above as well as: -- Law Society of Saskatchewan Library --Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region Library

Reciprocal Library Tours The Legislative Assembly Service  Support of Library Mandate by helping library and archive staff from other institutions come and learn about our resources and services.  Network with others in Regina library community in order to share experiences, discuss upcoming projects, and learn about possible resources for our primary client group.

Saskatchewan Library Association Conference The Legislative Assembly Service  Presentation – SLA Conference 2014  Topic: Saskatchewan Legislative Library: Mandate, Collections, and Services and the GALLOP Portal Leslie Polsom/Greg Salmers – presenters

SLA Conference 2014 The Legislative Assembly Service  The Legislative Library Booth  Purpose  --Provide a greater awareness of the library collections and the services available to the Saskatchewan public  --Represent the LAS and the objective of fostering awareness and knowledge of the Legislature

Conclusions The Legislative Assembly Service  Having both the booth and the presentation meant the Legislative Library had a certain amount of presence at the SLA conference  We were able to reach a larger audience  We were able to answer questions about the Library and the Legislative Assembly  Very positive experience and we will do this again

Final Conclusions The Legislative Assembly Service  Return to my Introduction  Opportunities to network within the LAS and within the wider library community  Opportunities to showcase the library collections and services  The Library took advantage of opportunities by saying yes to ideas as they were presented to us