Accessibility Services

Provides spaces and services for people with differing abilities including those who cannot read printed material or cannot visit the library due to reasons of illness, age or disability.

Offers:

• Assistive technology: screen readers, screen magnification, scan read software, high contrast keyboards, and refreshable braille display. Available at Central, George Bothwell, Regent Place, Sherwood Village, Albert and Sunrise branches. Large print keyboards available at all branches.
• Navigation systems: provides accessible indoor navigation systems. Hearing Loops for customers who experience hearing loss, hearing loops are a closed system used at service desks that can cut out background noise by transmitting sound directly to the customer’s hearing device or cochlear implant with a T-coil. Blindsquare is an accessible indoor navigation system that uses physical beacons and GPS data to deliver audio instructions to smartphones.
• Accessible Collections: large print, audiobooks, MP3-CDs, DAISY discs and readers, memory/activity kits, dyslexia-friendly collection, braille
• Digital Resources
• Home Library Service: a personalized selection of materials delivered directly to your door for those who are unable to leave their homes for a period of three months or longer.
• Featured Programs

Visit the website for more information.

Note: Regina Public Library locations are wheelchair accessible, with the exception of Connaught Branch.

Elevators at Central Library and Sherwood Village provide access to levels above and below the main floor. An alert will be placed on every page of this website if these elevators become temporarily unavailable.