British Columbia Legislative Library
British Columbia Legislative Library
The primary purpose of the Legislative Library of British Columbia is to provide reference and research services to the Members of the Legislative Assembly, their staff, the Officers of the House, and legislative support staff. The Library will assist provincial government researchers and members of the public when this service does not conflict with the needs of these primary users.
The Library was founded in 1863 to serve the Colonial Legislature of Vancouver Island and subsequently the Province of British Columbia when it became a province of Canada in 1871.
During its early years, the Library assumed responsibility for archival and provincial public library service, and, therefore, was often referred to as the Provincial Library. With the development of other larger library institutions, the Legislative Library refocused its services on the primary legislative clientele.
The core collection consists of political science, parliamentary procedure, law, public administration, economics and Canadian history. There is also a significant collection of British Columbia government publications and extensive holdings of Canadian federal and provincial publications. All provincial documents on housing are collected.
The online library catalogue, available at http://www.llbccat.leg.bc.ca/#focus is searchable by:
- author,
- title,
- subject,
- series,
- call number,
- ISBN/ISSN, etc.
Basic and advanced searching is possible.
Links to Legislative Library publications are provided, including the Monthly Checklist of BC Government Documents going back to 1990. Links to full text are provided when available. One can also subscribe to Checklist RSS feed.
Contact information
Parliament Buildings
Victoria, British Columbia V8V 1X4
Parliament Buildings
Victoria, British Columbia V8V 1X4
