Library Services

Public Library Services maintains access to over one million books through MAPLIN, the provincial catalogue of all Manitoba rural public libraries. Eight Manitoba libraries ensure citizens can access current Manitoba laws, regulations, and government publications. The Legislative Library provides efficient and impartial access to its specialized information resources for the Legislature, government, and people of Manitoba, and ensures current and future access to Manitoba's published heritage.

Manitoba Government Libraries Council -Discover Manitoba through our government libraries.

Manitoba Government Publications Monthly Checklist - The Checklist, compiled and published monthly, includes Manitoba government publications received during the month by the Legislative Library under its deposit requirement with all provincial government departments and agencies.

Manitoba Publications at the Legislative Library - Under The Legislative Library Act, Manitoba publishers are asked to send one copy of every item published in Manitoba to the Library on legal deposit. Since 1919, the Library has built a heritage collection which reflects the histories, aspirations, and artistic expressions of Manitoba's diverse communities. As a result the Library has also  accumulated a rich assortment of children's literature from the pens and paint boxes of Manitoba's gifted authors and illustrators.

Participating Libraries in the Depository Program - Which libraries in Manitoba collect the provincial government's publications?

Public Library Services provides many services for the rural libraries in the province.

MAPLIN Global was created to help Manitoba  libraries to quickly retrieve records from other libraries around the world.

Manitoba Public Library Information Network (MAPLIN) -Find a book in a rural Manitoba public library and request an on-line interlibrary loan!

MAPLIN Open Shelf