|  | A cooperative online reference service of all Saskatchewan public libraries. Provides brief answers to factual questions. http://www.lib.sk.ca/askus/ |
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|  | Provincial Library provides machine readable (MARC) catalogue records to public, regional and northern libraries across the province. The program builds local library catalogue and maintains SUNCAT |
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|  | Saskatchewan libraries, coordinated by Provincial Library, cooperatively purchase province-wide access to several online information databases. All libraries in the public, post-secondary education, school and special library sectors are entitled to access these databases. |
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|  | The Interlibrary Loans Program allows Saskatchewan residents to borrow books, other materials, and obtain photocopies of magazine articles, materials from other libraries. Saskatchewan Provincial Library acts as an intermediary between Saskatchewan libraries and out-of-province or out-of-country libraries. |
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|  | The ten public libraries and the Provincial Library coordinated a purchase of a Z39.50 Gateway to provide online access to all public library holdings in Saskatchewan. The Gateway Online Catalogue Service, the library tool which searches all Saskatchewan public library catalogues in a single search was launched to the public on October 12, 2005. |
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|  | The Saskatchewan Provincial Library provides professional support services to all types of Saskatchewan libraries, to meet their staff development, continuing education, library research and policy development needs. |
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|  | Multilingual Services of the Saskatchewan Provincial Library provides books and materials in other languages to libraries in Saskatchewan for loaning to patrons. Multilingual materials can be identified using SUNCAT. Contact your local public library branch to request material. |
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|  | Provincial Library provides training for library staff and trustees on subjects that are of specific interest to libraries.Training sessions also cover any new programs that have been developed or implemented by Provincial Library as province-wide resource sharing programs. |
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