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Access To Collections Policy

Purpose and Scope of Policy

This policy defines who has access to the library’s collections. It applies to all members of the public.

Policy

Library users of all ages have open access to all of the Library's collections with the following exception:

Access to Talking Books collection provided through Special Services is restricted, in accordance with eligibility criteria established by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB):

• Anyone who is print disabled because of blindness, visual impairment, physical disability and/or learning disability in accordance with the definition provided for perceptual disability in section 32 (1) of the Canadian Copyright Act qualifies.
• "Perceptual disability" is defined to mean a disability that prevents or inhibits a person from reading or hearing a literary, musical, dramatic or artistic work in its original format, and includes such a disability resulting from
  1. severe or total impairment of sight or hearing or the inability to focus or move one's eyes
  2. the inability to hold or manipulate a book, or
  3. an impairment relating to comprehension.

Except where limited by law, children and teens are entitled to access all materials provided by the Library.

Effective Date: September 23, 2010
Next Review Date: 2014
Supersedes Policy Dated: January 22, 2009