Read, Watch, and Connect at the Library
Discover exciting resources, programs and services for older adults with your free library membership. Learn a new skill, join a book club, or meet with others looking to converse and connect. We're here to help. Yes, at the library.
Experience Our Online Catalogue
Explore everything the online catalogue has to offer with your library membership. Borrowing is made easy with simple search filters to help you find what you're looking for, events you can register for all in one place, curated lists, reviews, and so much more.
Upcoming Programs and Events
The library has programming for all ages and abilities throughout the year. You might enjoy these featured upcoming programs geared towards adults:
Multilingual Collections
Multilingual collections provide reading and learning opportunities in people’s preferred languages. These collections are an important part of the library's mission to offer equitable service to our members and help us to connect with the communities we serve. See the list below for some of the languages of multilingual books available through our catalogue.
Chinese | Russian | Persian | Gujarati | Korean | Spanish | Hebrew | Urdu
Visiting Library Service
The visiting library service (VLS) is available to members of our local community who are homebound and unable to visit the library in person for an extended period due to disability, illness, or surgery. If you think you would benefit from this service, find more information on our website.
Find Balance with Mental Health and Wellbeing Tips
Discover health and wellness resources you can feel good about with your library membership. Find curated lists on mental health awareness and explore LifeSpeak, a digital resource that helps people reflect and find balance in mental and physical wellbeing. Topics for older adults include: loneliness and aging, dementia, mobility, depression, and more.
Large Print Collections
Find a wide selection of large print editions of popular and new titles in our catalogue online. Large print books are printed with a larger font size to make it easier to read for any visual impairment. The content of regular books and large print editions are the same; large print books simply have more pages because of the larger text size.
Digital Resources at Your Fingertips
Access eBooks, audiobooks, digital newspapers and magazines; plus, stream music, movies and TV shows from home with your library membership.
Not a Member Yet? Get a Library Membership
Getting a library card is easy! You can join for free if you live, work or go to school in York Region. Your membership gives you access to the catalogue, digital resources you can access from home, and borrowing items like gardening tool and equipment from our library of things. The library also offers a range of accessible services and technology for its members.
