Special Collections: Alberta Multilingual Book Consortium World Languages Collection

The multilingual book blocks are collections of books in many different languages that supplement member public libraries' existing collections. The multilingual books come in boxes (blocks) of 25 books each and are made up of a variety of both fiction and nonfiction titles. Both adult and juvenile blocks are available in most languages.  Promotional posters for this collection to have in your library are available at http://www.prl.ab.ca/AMBCmarketing

This service is coordinated by the Parkland Regional Library System. To order books use PRL Procedures. Yellowhead Regional Library pays a membership fee on behalf of our member libraries so that we may all participate in this valuable service. Send your multilingual books requests via the online form to http://www.prl.ab.ca/world-languages/AMBClanguagerequest. Multilingual Blocks are available in the following languages:

Alberta Multilingual Book Consortium books Procedures

Each block consists of 25 books.

• Each block is labeled with language, reading level (adult or juvenile)
• Within the block, each book has been labeled with the box number and item number (e.g. DUT 23F)
• Requesting Procedures
• Request from PRL via online form at http://www.prl.ab.ca/AMBClanguagerequest
• Indicate language, reading level (adult or juvenile), and number of blocks desired.
• If there are no blocks available in the language of your choice, you will be placed on a waiting list and the next available block will be sent to you.
• If your library is on Government Courier, the blocks will be sent directly to you. If your library is not on Government Courier, the blocks are sent to your regional library headquarters and sent on to you via the regional library delivery system.

Circulating Procedures

• Multilingual books are generally circulated to patrons as Fast-Add items.
• Please do not affix any barcodes directly to the books. All books have a pocket so you can slip a barcoded card into the pocket when the item is checked out and remove the card when the item is returned.
• If an item is damaged or has been mislabeled (wrong language or reading level) or if there are other problems with a book, please put a note on the item before returning to PRL so we can remedy the situation.

Returning Procedures

• Repack all the books from each block into the appropriately labeled box before returning to PRL (e.g. repack DUT 23 A to DUT 23 Y into the box labeled DUT # 23).
• Please return a complete block if you are able. If a few items are missing from a block that is other wise ready for return, send all the books you have in the appropriately labeled box and put a note in the box indicating which items are missing. Those missing items can be sent back to PRL when you do receive/ find them.