library access & use
Our libraries are accessible to the judiciary, legal profession and Alberta citizens for the sole purpose of facilitating legal research and providing legal information to clients. Information on library locations and hours of access are available on this website.
Rules of Use
Our clients expect each of our libraries to be clean, comfortable and safe places for selecting materials, reading, researching, studying and writing. To this end, the following Rules of Use have been developed to protect the rights and safety of clients and staff, and to preserve and protect the libraries’ materials, equipment and facilities.Library clients should:
- engage in activities directly related to the use of a law library
- exercise courtesy toward other clients and library staff
- abide by the libraries’ policies on the use and borrowing of materials
- pay applicable fees for library services and lost, damaged or unreturned materials
- properly supervise accompanying children
- wear appropriate clothing
- exit the libraries at closing, during emergency evacuations (e.g., fire alarms), and whenever requested to leave by library staff or public safety personnel
- comply with requests from staff.
- remove materials from the libraries without permission
- damage or deface books, furniture or equipment
- seek legal advice or discuss legal problems with other library clients
- engage in disruptive actions, such as loud talking or by behaving in a manner which can reasonably be expected to disturb
- harass or threaten clients or library staff, either verbally or physically
- engage in an illegal activity
- consume food or beverages, with the exception of beverages in covered containers
- smoke
- use cell phones; cell phones should be set to vibrate and calls taken and made outside the libraries
- leave personal possessions or valuables unattended
- reshelve books
- bring in animals, other than guide or service dogs
- solicit, canvass, sell or distribute circulars or other articles.
Library staff will enforce these Rules in a fair and reasonable manner. At the discretion of staff, clients whose actions violate the Rules will be either asked to leave the library or be removed by courthouse security. Serious or continued violation may result in a suspension of access to the libraries.
Computer & Internet Use
Public-access computers are available in all libraries for the purposes of accessing the libraries’ online catalogue, research databases and the Internet. Clients are expected to use these resources in a responsible and courteous manner, consistent with law-related research and information and with the purposes for which they are provided.Clients should not:
- access the Internet for any purpose that violates Canadian federal or provincial law
- breach the terms and conditions of software licensing agreements
- disrupt or interfere with network services
- distribute spam, advertising or unsolicited e-mail
- propagate computer viruses, worms or similar programs
- participate in gambling or online shopping
- destroy or damage equipment, software, or data belonging to the libraries
- use computers in a manner that disrupts or interferes with other library clients, including the displaying or sending of graphics which may be reasonably interpreted as offensive.
The libraries reserve the right to set time limits on the use of public-access computers in order to ensure equitable access to electronic resources. The libraries also reserve the right to suspend library privileges for clients who violate these guidelines.