Public Libraries
Public libraries are Ontario’s farthest-reaching, most cost effective public resources. These spaces function as engines of innovation, entrepreneurship, and local economic development in communities of all sizes and offer 284,000+ programs across the province.
Our Vision
Alongside our partners at the Federation of Ontario Public Libraries (FOPL), the OLA works towards the elevation and sustainability of Ontario’s public libraries and public library workers.
Resources
- Public Library Governance Postcard (Bilingual 2022)
- Value of Public Libraries Postcard (Bilingual 2022)
- Value of Public Libraries Postcard (Bilingual 2019)
- Public Libraries Brief (English 2019)
- Equitable Access for People who Have a Print Disability (Updated 2016)
- E-resources (Updated 2019)
- First Nation Public Libraries Fact Sheet (Updated 2016)
- Indigenous Matters (Updated 2020)
- Newcomers to Canada and Public Libraries (Updated 2018)
- Opioids, Naloxone and your local Public Libraries (Updated 2018)
- Public Libraries and the Self Service Model (Updated 2017)
- Rural Public Libraries Brief (Updated 2014)
