Parkland Regional Library System

Parkland was the first regional library in Alberta, created in 1959. More than 65 years later, Parkland Regional Library System is a municipal cooperative supporting 49 public libraries across central Alberta and serving over 238,000 residents in 63 municipalities and six First Nations Reserves. Parkland Regional Library System is not a public library, rather a hub which provides professional, technical, and materials support to member libraries. Parkland Regional Library System provides or assists in providing materials or services for participating libraries which they could not provide for themselves as efficiently, effectively, or economically. Parkland does not operate or govern the libraries that it serves. Parkland Regional Library System supports the belief that every Albertan should have equitable access to public library resources that will enable them to meet their informational, educational, cultural, and recreational needs.