Library of Parliament committee  Thank you very much. Honourable co-chairs, senators and members of the House of Commons, it is a great pleasure to be back before you to present, along with my colleague, the assistant parliamentary librarian Catherine MacLeod. We look forward to hearing your views and advice on

Library of Parliament committee  I will hand over that question to Catherine MacLeod, who is the head of all of our research services.

Library of Parliament committee  With the permission of the committee, we have here one of our C executives who is responsible for the analysts in a number of areas who would be available to speak to that directly, if you would allow him to join us at the table. Is that all right? Marcus Pistor is a senior direc

Library of Parliament committee  The current number for this year, not including the guides, who are always set aside from that, would be 363 FTEs.

Library of Parliament committee  Yes. I can pull out my budget numbers, if you like, and I can double-check that. But yes, there was an amount that was not spent. That is absolutely correct.

Library of Parliament committee  You may recall that there was a large boost to the library's budget to enhance both our capacity in terms of research as well as in terms of building our collection and sustaining the collection. As I suspect, you can understand that with a large increase it takes some time to ra

Library of Parliament committee  Thank you very much for your question. Right now, the way feedback is captured does not enable us to analyze it easily. There isn't really a more comprehensive follow-up. For instance, if you provide feedback, be it to tell us that you are very satisfied or to point out a proble

Library of Parliament committee  That is exactly what we are looking into. We are analyzing the options available to us and will decide on the best way or ways to proceed.

Library of Parliament committee  We still don't know. That could be done within the limitations of our current resources, but we will also potentially seek out other resources. It is still to be determined.

Library of Parliament committee  I don't know the exact number, but I could come back to you with the information. In fact, I am being told that 180 members met with ambassadors in 2015. I don't know about 2011, but we could send you the data. Your point is extremely important. You may have forgotten, but we m

Library of Parliament committee  Thank you for the question. No, we are not hiring anyone for that.

Library of Parliament committee  Current employees volunteer to do that work in addition to their regular duties. So there are no new resources set aside for ambassador activities.

Library of Parliament committee  Anecdotally, I would say that there is likely to have been a decrease, especially in terms of the West Block branch, which is a bit hard to find. It's not a space that you would necessarily walk by. We have an obligation to reach out to you and communicate where we are, what we c

Library of Parliament committee  Catherine, do you want to comment on that?

Library of Parliament committee  First, I would strongly encourage you to visit all five branches next week, so you know exactly what we're about, when it comes to space. If you don't have time, ask your staff to check them out. If you or they see anything that you think the library should know, something we can