VISITING LIBRARY SERVICE
The Visiting Library Service offers library service to people who are homebound and who have no alternative means of obtaining library materials.
On a monthly basis, a volunteer will deliver books and other library materials to those who cannot come to the facility themselves.
If you would like to become a visited customer, please complete and submit an application.
Applications should be returned to the Manager of Community Collaboration, opens a new window, or you may request this service by telephone at 905-727-9494 ext 230.
FACILITY ACCESSIBILITY - VISITOR INFORMATION
Aurora Public Library is a part of the Aurora Town Square facility and is a fully accessible building.
There are accessible parking spots available along Victoria Street, Church Street as well as in the parking lot north of the Mirkopoulos Plateia closest to the entrance from the square to the Library. Please be sure to check signage at each location to confirm maximum stay and parking restrictions.
There are three entrances you can use to access the Library. The entrance from Yonge Street has a set of stairs from street level to the main floor as well as an elevator that can be used to access both floors of the building. The entrance to the Library from the square has stair-free access and includes ramps from both the north parking lot as well as Church Street into the Mirkopoulos Plateia. The second floor entrance to the library can be accessed from the elevator beside the Yonge Street entrance or by entering the main Victoria Street entrance to Aurora Town Square and crossing the Treasure Hill bridge.
There is one elevator inside Aurora Public Library that can be used to access both floors of the Library.
Access to the Young Reader’s Room, Multiuse Room, Creative Studio and the accessible washrooms include automatic doors via push buttons.
On the second floor of the Aurora Public Library there are two accessible washrooms one of which includes a height-adjustable universal changing table. Including the two accessible washrooms on the second floor there are two more universal, all-gender washrooms available in the Young Reader’s Room.
Wayfinding signage at Aurora Public Library and Aurora Town Square includes braille.
Service animals are welcome.
SERVICES - ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY (Currently not available)
Adaptive technology is any piece of equipment that eliminates or diminishes barriers to information and maximizes independence and full citizenship. The following adaptive technology is available to the public on the first floor of the Library.
Assistance with this technology is provided through Information and Programming staff.
| JAWS (Job Access with Speech) | JAWS is screen reading software for people who are visually impaired. It conveys information on the screen via speech. |
| ZoomText Screen Magnifier | ZoomText enlarges everything on the computer up to 36 times its normal size. It can change the screen colour scheme and the pointer size for better visibility. |
| Kurzweil 1000 | Kurzweil 1000 is scanning, writing, and reading software for use by people who are blind or visually impaired. It works with a flatbed scanner to allow scanned-in text to be converted to speech and read back to the user. |
| Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA) | Centre for Equitable Access (CELA) is a national non-profit organization established by Canadian public libraries to provide alternate format collections to library users with print disabilities. A print disability can be a learning disability, a physical disability or a visual disability.
If you self-identify as requiring this service, then you are eligible for CELA registration.
CELA offers a broad choice of formats including audio, braille, e-text and described video. Users enjoy access to a growing collection of over 230,000 alternate format items including books, magazines, newspapers and described videos that include fiction, non-fiction, poetry, children's, young adult, business, self-help and more.
CELA sends borrowed items directly to your home and you simply return them via a Canada Post mailbox free-of-charge. Registrants require an Aurora Public Library card, followed by CELA registration. Please contact us by email or by telephone at 905-727-9494 x275 to register for this collection.
You may also register yourself using the new CELA self-registration form. |
| Braille Books | A small collection of adult fiction and non-fiction bestsellers, printed in the Original Contracted Braille. Some notable titles include: Twilight, Little Fires Everywhere, Becoming, Me Talk Pretty One Day, The Alchemist, All the Light We Cannot See, The Force Awakens and more.” |
