OPL’s accessible collections can be requested and delivered to any branch. They include the following material:
Large print books: Adults and Children
Languages: English
Unabridged texts with clear type in at least 13-point font.
Availability: All branches, Bookmobile stops and via Homebound Services
Children’s braille books
Languages: English and French
Picture books with braille overlay.
Availability: Beaverbrook, Elmvale Acres, Main & Nepean Centrepointe branches
Audiobooks
Language varies by item
MP3 CD, CD anddownloadable audiobooks.
Availability: All branches,bookmobile stops and via Homebound Services.
DAISY audiobooks (adult)
Languages: English and French
DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) audiobook on CD for customers with print disabilities. Can contain up to 30 hours of material on one CD.
Availability: Beaverbrook, Carlingwood,Cumberland, Elmvale Acres, Greenboro, Main, Nepean Centrepointe, North Gloucester, Orleans, St- Laurent, Stittsville and via Homebound Services
DAISY audiobooks (children and teen)
Languages: English and French
DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) audiobook on CD for customers with print disabilities. Can contain up to 30 hours of material on one CD.Avai
Availability: Elmvale Acres
eBooks
Language varies by item
eBooks available in PDF, EPUB and OverDrive READ formats (accessibility features vary by item).
Access: Online
DVDs with subtitles
Language varies by item
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Availability: All branches, Bookmobile stops and via Homebound Services
Audio Described DVDS
Varies by item
Video recordings for the visually impaired. Includes narration of visual elements.
All branches, Bookmobile stops and via Homebound Services
RAPP packs
English and French
Literacy packs for children aged 0-8. Created in collaboration with ALSO (Alternative Learning Styles and Outlooks)
Beaverbrook, Carlingwood, Cumberland, Greenboro, St-Laurent, and Sunnyside
Assistive Listening Devices
Portable device used to amplify sound for people who are hard of hearing. Customers can borrow these devices for events, meetings and programs that take place at OPL.
Availability: All branches
Victor Reader Classic (DAISY player)
Language: English
Victor Readers have self-voicing controls and allow the listener to jump from page to page in an audiobook and bookmark specific pages. DAISY players can play audiobooks (CD, MP3 CD and DAISY CD) and music CDs.
Availability: place a hold via the catalogue to pick up at any branch.
Victor Reader Stratus (DAISY player)
Languages: English and French
Victor Readers have self-voicing controls and allow the listener to jump from page to page in an audiobook and bookmark specific pages. DAISY players can play audiobooks (CD, MP3 and DAISYs) and music CDs.
Availability: place a hold via the catalogue to pick up at any branch.
Victor Reader Stream (DAISY player)
English
Victor Readers have self-voicing controls and allow the listener to jump from page to page in an audiobook and bookmark specific pages. Plays downloadable digital files.
Place a hold via the catalogue to pick up at any branch.
Eligible customers with print disabilities have access to additional accessible collections through OPL’s partnership with the Centre for Equitable Library Access