TAL Staff and Services

The Alberta Library offers key services to the province’s library community to meet the needs of Albertans through collaboration and resource sharing.

The following list will help direct you to the most suitable TAL staff member for different queries.
For more information regarding the team at TAL, please visit http://thealbertalibrary.ca/about-tal/our-team

General/Main contacts:

Main phone: 780-414-0805        General email queries: admin@thealbertalibrary.ab.ca
Main website: http://thealbertalibrary.ca

Tim Janewski, MLIS  

CEO

Phone extension: 224  Email: tjanewski@thealbertalibrary.ab.ca
Contact Tim for information regarding and assistance with:

• TAL Operations
• TAL Governance
• Administrative affairs
• Membership issues
• Stakeholder relations

Bethany Arsenault, MLIS

ORC Coordinator

Phone extension: 236  Email: barsenault@thealbertalibrary.ab.ca
Contact Bethany regarding:

• Online Reference Centre access (District username/passwords, user groups included in contracts)
• ORC access and/or technical issues 
• Curriculum Mapping documents for ORC resources
• Content questions specific to Alberta K-12 curriculum
• Professional training for ORC resources

Tina Best

Secretary/Executive Assistant/Office Manager

Phone extension: 237  Email: tbest@thealbertalibrary.ab.ca
Contact Tina for assistance with:

• Board and Member relations
• TAL meeting administration
• TAL Card supplies
• Governance related issues
• Office administration
• TAL website support for Board and Member information

Renée LeBlanc, CMA, CPA

Finance Manager

Phone extension: 223  Email: rleblanc@thealbertalibrary.ab.ca

Contact Renée for assistance with:

• Invoicing
• Membership fees & payments
• Accounts payable & receivable
• Other financial matters

Christa Foley, MLIS

Licensing Librarian

Phone: 780-504-7686  Email: cfoley@thealbertalibrary.ab.ca

Contact Christa with all matters related to Licensing, including:

• Suggestions for new licensed products for TAL to investigate
• Adding or cancelling subscriptions
• Product inquiries
• Access issues
• LHCADL resources

Brian Lin, MLIS

IT Librarian

Phone extension: 227  Email: blin@thealbertalibrary.ab.ca

Contact Brian regarding:

• TAL Online
• TAL’s IP authentication platform
• TAL Website
• TAL related technology programs, including EZproxy