The Library of the Grand Lodge of Alberta, AF & AM is located on the Main Floor of Freemasons' Hall, 330 12th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2R 0H2.
Use of this library is limited to Freemasons of the Grand Lodge of Alberta. However, access may be granted to other Masons and members of the general community for valid research purposes.
The Library is manned by volunteer librarians Monday through Thursday of each week from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. During regular business hours, access can be given by Grand Lodge Office Staff. Arrangements can be made for access at other times.
Holdings
The holdings of the library are catalogued under 14 groups as follows:
- Freemasonry - General [356 items]
- Masonic History [364 items]
- Masonic Philosophy [48 items]
- Masonic Ritual & Ceremonies [39 items]
- Masonic Symbolism [50 items]
- Masonic Jurisprudence [95 items]
- Freemasonry & Religion [30 items]
- Other Organizations[76 items]
- Masonophobia - Masonic Detractors & Exposures [40 items]
- Fine Arts & Collections [101 Items]
- Biography [64 Items]
- Research [Primarily non-circulating] [207 Items]
- Odds & Ends [41 Items]
- Audio Visual [138 Items]
The largest of the groups are the first two - Freemasonry-General and Masonic History.
Searching
Keywords is the best searching method as the keywords are derived from various fields including Title, sub-title, author.
The asterisk "*" is the wildcard for searching. For example, searching Keywords using "Proceed*" ( do not use the quotes in the search) will return a list of all Grand Lodge Proceedings. Keywords of "Proceed*" and "200*" will return the Proceedings for the years 2000 through 2007.
Do not use "Subject" as a Search item as this area needs a lot of thought and work and will be completed at some time in the future.
Searching "Union" will search the libraries of the Grand Lodge of Manitoba and the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario. Other libraries will be added in the future.
