The Northwest Territories Public Library Services is a unit of Education Operations and Development within the Department of Education, Culture and Employment. Under the direction of the Territorial Librarian, it provides leadership in coordinating public library services throughout the Northwest Territories.

NWTPLS is a territory-wide information system that presently serves the people of the Northwest Territories through libraries in Fort Providence, Tulita, Norman Wells, Inuvik, Fort Simpson, Hay River, Fort Smith, Hay River Dene Village and Yellowknife. There are also Virtual Library units consisting of two public access Internet workstations in the following communities:
Aklavik, Diavik, Deline, Edzo, Enterprise, Fort Good Hope, Fort Liard, Fort McPherson, Holman, Lutsel K'e, Rae, Tsiigehtchic, Tuktoyaktuk, Wekweti, Fort Resolution, Nahanni Butte, Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour and Wha Ti.
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The PLS provides the automated library system for the NWT Library Network(Public Libraries,Legislative Library, Aurora College Libraries, Aurora Research Institute Library and PWNHC Reference Library). It provides collection development and technical services for all public libraries except Yellowknife Public Library. A central library collection is maintained and used to rotate current material to smaller libraries. Service delivery is provided to residents in communities without libraries through access to the PLS Web page and online catalogue, and borrower by mail services
 

Headquarters Staff

TERRITORIAL LIBRARIAN
Alison Hopkins	alison_hopkins@gov.nt.ca
HEAD, TECHNICAL SERVICES
Brian Dawson	brian_dawson@gov.nt.ca
ADMINISTRARIVE SECRETARY
Theresa Studney	theresa_studney@gov.nt.ca
INTERLIBRARY LOANS CLERK / BORROWERS BY MAIL
Kevin Lafferty	kevin_lafferty@gov.nt.ca
ACQUISITIONS CLERK
Janine Hoff	janine_hoff@gov.nt.ca
ROTATION CLERK
Alison Kilgour	alison_kilgour@gov.nt.ca