CELA

CELA is a national non-profit organization established by Canadian public libraries to serve customers who have a visual, learning or physical disability that prevents them from reading conventional print. Our partnership with CELA allows our customers access to:

  • Formats including audio, Braille, e-text and described video
  • A growing collection of more than 230,000 items including books, magazines, newspapers and described videos

For more information on CELA services, see www.celalibrary.ca.

Other resources available (contact your branch to find out what is available)

  • Book magnifiers
  • Large print books
  • Books on CD
  • Daisy audiobooks
  • Daisy Reader
  • Arabic keyboard
  • CCTV (Helps those with low vision read, view pictures or see what they are writing)

Outreach

We offer outreach services to our limited mobility and homebound patrons. Titles are selected and delivered through the use of volunteers in several of our communities. Contact your local branch to find out what outreach services are available to you.

Fine free

The Oxford County Library is committed to eliminating as many financial barriers as possible. We have eliminated overdue fines on all material for all patrons. Fees will still apply to damaged and lost items.

Requesting information in an accessible format

If the format of any content on the website is not accessible to you, please contact us for assistance. We will make every effort to provide you with a format that is accessible to you.