Accessible Collection
- Large Print Books
- Audiobooks on CD
- Downloadable Audiobooks eBooks (text size settings can be adjusted)
- CELA (Center for Equitable Library Access) DAISY Talking Books on CD for individuals with a print disability. The library also lends DAISY Players.
Centre for Equitable Library Access
As a member of the Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA), the Library offers access to a collection of over 700,000 books, magazines, newspapers in a choice of accessible formats for people with a print disability.
Enjoy a full range of subjects, genres, classics and award winners, and select from favourites for kids, teens, and adults. You can also stay up to date with 50 newspapers and 150 magazines. Access the collection in digital, audio, e-text, or braille formats. You can choose to download your titles or receive home delivery by mail.
Eligibility
Access to the CELA collection is available to people who are unable to read conventional print due to a disability, which includes:
- Learning disability: an impairment relating to comprehension of print
- Physical disability: the inability to hold or manipulate a book
- Visual disability: severe or total impairment of sight or the inability to focus or move one’s eyes.
How to sign up
Sign up for CELA service with your public library card through CELA, or contact the library for assistance.
For more information please visit the CELA website.
Service Animals
Guide dogs or other service animals are welcome in the library.
If it is not readily apparent that the animal is a service animal, then a letter from a physician or nurse that you require the animal for reasons relating to a disability is required.
Provide your feedback
We welcome your feedback to better serve you. If you have comments about the library’s accessible services you can print and drop a completed feedback form (hard copies available at the library), or email us at frontdesk@shelburnelibrary.ca or call us at 519-925-2168.