Parkland Regional Library is committed to providing accessible services.
Services
- Accessible Materials, including:
- Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA) — a national not-for-profit organization that provides accessible reading services to the approximately 3 million people across Canada with print disabilities.
- The National Network of Equitable Library Service (NNELS) — an online public library of downloadable ebooks and audiobooks for library members with print disabilities.
- Website Preferences Tool — visitors to the Library website can change the look of the page presentation according to their reading preferences and needs. These changes can help someone with vision challenges to improve their reading experience.
Subject Guides
- Literacy & Struggling Readers — a subject guide that contains links to local and government resources, including information about dyslexia.
- Resources for People with Disabilities — a subject guide that contains links to local and government resources.
Disability-themed Book Lists
Collections of Representative Content (published by AccessibleLibraries.ca) — Library collections should represent the community, which, of course, includes persons with disabilities. Browse the curated disability-themed lists for adult and teen audiences for a title that interests you. If you can’t find it in the Library Catalogue then please Suggest a title for purchase!