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SERVICES AND HOURS Contents:
Library Hours: Effective September 7, 2004 For more information about library hours, please telephone 474-4830.
Some services are not available 10 minutes prior to closing.
General Inquiries . . . . . . . . 474-4830 Adult Services: Books: Books may be borrowed for a three week period, and may be renewed twice if they are not reserved. Most materials can be renewed once, either in person, by telephone, or using iPAC on the World Wide Web. To renew items that are out on your card, from the homepage select "Search the Catalogue" and then the menu option called "Patron Information", or click here to access our catalog using iPAC. Going on holiday? . . . ask about our Extended Loan Period for vacations. If the book isn't on the shelf, you may reserve it free of charge. If we don't have it in our collection, check with our Inter-library Loan Department at the Adult Department circulation desk to request the material from another Library. It is possible to place a hold using WebPAC; please ask staff if you require assistance. Magazines: Current issues must be used in the Library; back issues may be borrowed for three weeks. There is no renewal possible for magazines. (Magazines from the past 6 months are in the Adult Dept.; for earlier issues, ask at A-V Department). Borrowing Limits and Fines:
If you fail to return library material by the
due date fines will apply. A-V Services: A-V Collection: The A-V Collection is located downstairs in the Reference Department. Videos, DVDs, CDs, music cassettes, talking books on audiocassette and CD, and CD-ROMs can be borrowed. VHS Video and DVD: The library has children's videos, how-to, music and feature films in English and French. Videos and DVDs may be borrowed by individuals aged 13 or older, upon presentation of a current adult library card. Audio-cassettes & CDs: The library has music, self-help material, language programs and talking books in English and French. To borrow these cassettes or CDs, you must present a current library card. CD-ROMs: There is a small collection of Windows and Macintosh compatible CD-ROMs available for borrowing, following the same loan period and procedures as for audio-cassettes and CDs. AV Equipment and Other Services: Overhead projectors, slide projectors, screens, cassette players and more are available for loan. Equipment may be rented daily or paid by an annual membership fee. Institutional Memberships: In-Town Institutional Memberships cost $50.00/year and Out-of-Town Institutional Memberships cost $75.00/year. Membership entitles the institutions to free loans of AV equipment, and the use of an adult borrowing card, good throughout the library. Borrowing Limits and Fines:
If you fail to return library material by the
due date fines will apply. Reference Department: The Reference Collection contains some 8,700 indexes, encyclopedias, business directories, dictionaries, literary guides, and atlases, as well as a large number of phone books for Canada, maps, college/university calendars, Census and Statistics Canada publications. We have back issues of magazines and newspapers, and the Nugget, Financial Post, and Maclean's magazine on microfilm. Come to the library, e-mail us at library@cityofnorthbay.ca, or phone with your questions and we will do our best to help you find the answers. There are online full text newspapers, magazines, journals, encyclopedias and fiction and non-fiction e-books for use in the library on the Public Access computers. You can also access these most of these publications from home through the library website with a valid library card and PIN number. There is FREE Internet access on ten dedicated terminals. Patrons must book their one-hour session in advance because of heavy demand. Staff will assist patrons who are new-comers to the information highway. Children's Services: The Children's Department contains materials to encourage children to read and satisfy their curiosity and need for knowledge about the world around them; materials are suitable for youngsters from toddler age through to the teenager. The collection includes books in English and French, as well as encyclopedias, paperbacks, magazines, pamphlets, pictures, cassettes, talking books, large-print books and multilingual books. Children may borrow up to 10 items on their own cards; non-fiction (project related) materials are limited to 2 per subject per card. There are 2 Internet terminals available free of charge for one hour a day, after a permission slip is signed by a parent or guardian. Services include pre-school storytimes, toddler programs, class visits, group tours, summer programs and special events. There are two public access internet stations in the department. Ask for details! Borrowing Limits and Fines:
If you fail to return library material by the
due date fines will apply. French Services: The French language department as an extensive collection of over 24,000 volumes in both the Adult and Children's sections. In addition, the library receives over 30 French language newspapers and periodicals. Also located on the Mezzanine level is the Joan Duquette Room, the Library of the Nipissing District Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society. More than 1,000 items, both print and microform, are available for research by members and non-members. Specialized Services: Shut-In Service: The library provides a shut-in service to those who are housebound due to age, illness, infirmity, or accident. We will deliver books and talking books tailored to your individual tastes, to your home at no charge. Please call 474-4830 for more information. Programmes: The Children's, French, Reference/AV and Adult Departments offer programmes throughout the year. Please check the bulletin boards and the local newspaper or phone for details. Services to the Physically Challenged: The Library has a large collection of large print books and CNIB talking books. There are audio-cassette tape players which can be borrowed, thanks to a donation from the North Bay Rotary Club. There is also an elevator available for disabled persons as well as wheelchair access at both entrances. The library is a partner with CNIB and has access to all CNIB services on behalf of library patrons. The Justice Lunney Special Needs Room provides computer access to people with a print handicap or visual impairment. Please call 474-3332 for more information. Bookdrop and Videodrop: You may return books and magazines in the Bookdrop. Videos, DVDs, audio-cassettes and CDs can be returned through the Videodrop (beside the Bookdrop) at the Worthington Street entrance when the library is closed. All audio-visual equipment i.e., overhead projectors must be returned in person to the Audio-Visual Department. Dionne Quintuplets Digital Collection: The archival web site dedicated to the Dionne Quintuplets was launched Tuesday October 28, 1997 at the North Bay and District Chamber of Commerce Dionne Quints Museum. Included on the web site are digital copies of: Original Quints artifacts, Magazine articles, Photographs, Newspaper clippings from museum collections in the Nipissing area. The site contains over 3000 images. The digitized images are displayed under broad subject headings, in a browsable format. Phase two involved cataloguing and indexing each digitized image using metatags, and translation into French. To view this fun and informative archival site through the North Bay Public Library's web site, click here. Please note, the site is not being updated, so more recent news articles about the surviving Dionne sisters (after 1997) will not be found here. Web site partners are: The Callander Bay Heritage Museum, The Callander Public Library, The City of North Bay, The North Bay Area Museum, The North Bay and District Chamber of Commerce (owners of the Dionne Quints Museum), The North Bay Public Library. This digitization project was funded by the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Culture, and Recreation, Cultural Partnerships Branch, through a Digital Content Creation grant. Additional support for a summer student was received from the Industry Canada SchoolNet Digitization fund. E-Resources: Library members can access fulltext databases for magazine and newspaper articles, research findings, public domain e-books and government reports through our web site. The library has acquired the user licences for these products on the users' behalf, for the personal use of library patrons. Please be advised that all copyright restrictions are in effect.
AtoZ Maps: AtoZMapsOnline.com is the worlds largest subscription-based database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month. (Users accessing this database outside of the library will need to login using their library barcode.) AtoZ Maps Ancestry Library Edition (Available IN LIBRARY only): Ancestry Library Edition Ancestry Library Edition Help: Ancestry Library Edition Help Britannica Online: offers more than 72,000 encyclopedia articles and year-in-review articles from recent yearbooks. The Index is a searchable database that contains more than 400,000 references.
Britannica Online: Login to Britannica
Online (Library Barcode number required) Britannica Online Help: Britannica
Online Help The Canadian Encyclopedia: a free, complete version of the Canadian Encyclopedia. Canadian Encyclopedia: Canadian EncyclopediaCanadian Newsstand and Canadian Business and Current Affairs (CBCA): Full-text access to 42 Canadian newspapers through Canadian Newsstand. Also available is CBCA which provides in-depth access to a wide diversity of Canadian periodicals, ranging from academic titles to special interest publications to general magazines. The academic titles include the most prominent journals from the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and professions. Other magazines focus on opinion, public policy, children/youth, lifestyles, arts and culture, health, and regional concerns. Login to Canadian Newstand and CBCA in the Library (No barcode required): Canadian Newstand and CBCA
Children's Magazine Guide Online provides fast access to a wealth of carefully annotated citations of recent articles (fiction and nonfiction) from more than 65 children's magazines, plus Web sites: User Name: NBPublicLibrary (case sensitive) Children's Magazine Guide Index Online EBSCOhost: Access six products at once in EBSCOhost -- MasterFILE Premier for the full text for nearly 1,800 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, and much more; Health Source - Consumer Edition for the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide; as well as Literary Reference Centre, Canadian Reference Centre, Canadian Student Research Centre, and Canadian Points of View: NoveList: is also available from the EBSCOhost site; it is a reader's guide to popular fiction, featuring reviews, as well as search options to find new books to read by using your favourite authors, titles, series, and plot types to find similar books. It also features resources for running book clubs. EbscoHost (Periodicals Database) and Novelist (Readers' Advisory): Login to EbscoHost and Novelist in the Library (No Barcode required):Login to EBSCOhost & NoveList from Home (Library Barcode and PIN number required): Encyclopaedia Universalis: Encyclopaedia Universalis Eureka.cc: Available courtesy of Knowledge Ontario, Eureka.cc is a database of French and English media sources.(Users will need to login using their library barcode.) Eureka.cc Geology Ontario: Geology Ontario HeritageQuest Online™ combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular UMI® Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content. This online database is an essential collection of unique material for both genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s. Researchers can use HeritageQuest Online to find their ancestors, trace their paths across America, and learn what life was like in the areas where they settled.
Infotrac (15 Thomson Gale Databases provided by Knowledge Ontario): Library card number or password required. Please see staff for assistance. Infotrac Knowledge Ontario. (A comprehensive assortment of informational databases including student resources, magazine and newspaper articles, historical references, government documents, Chilton car repair, and Novelist fiction reference service - plus many others.) Knowledge Ontario NetLibrary: offers more than 7,000 free full-text ebooks which can be read online or downloaded to your computer. At the NetLibrary site, click on Experience eBooks and then read about the free ebooks. Patrons must create a free account at the Library to access these books. Once the account is set-up, NetLibrary is available at no charge from home or in the Library. NetLibrary: NetLibraryNetLibrary Help: NetLibrary Help Statistics Canada E-Stats for Education™ Statistics Canada's E-STAT is a dynamic interactive teaching and learning tool for the education community. It offers an enormous warehouse of reliable and timely statistics about Canada and its ever-changing people. E-STAT is free to educational institutions, including Canadian Depository Libraries. Most North Bay schools have access to this site. Please ask your instructors for more information. Statistics Canada E-Stats for Education World Book Online enhances the print version with articles from newspapers and periodicals, web sites, videos and audio clips, maps and tables, 3-dimensional views, citation help, and many special features. WorldBook WorldBook Help: WorldBook Help Public Internet Access: The library has offered internet access to the public since 1996, with assistance from a variety of community partners including the Rotary Club, IBM, Ontelcom, Redpath McIntosh Engineering Ltd., and the City of North Bay. There are currently 12 terminals available in the library, which can be booked in advance by calling 474-3332. In addition, the library is an Urban CAP (Community Access Program) demonstration site. Through this program, free public internet access is offered at 7 popular sites around the city. Anyone can use the sites for one hour a day, at no charge, except for printing, which costs 25 cents per page. For more information about internet sites around town, see the Blue Sky Region Portal. Here you will find over 9000 records about businesses, government services, clubs, associations, social services and educational facilities in the Blue Sky Region. Partners include: Industry Canada, HRDC, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development & Mines, City of North Bay, District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board, Near North Community Care Access Centre (NNCCAC), Blue Sky Region Community Network, Community Research Institute, community groups and agencies. The sites are: Best Western Hotel, Cassellholme Home for the Aged, North Bay and District Association for Community Living, North Bay and District Chamber of Commerce, YMCA, and Yes! Employment Services, plus 12 terminals at the North Bay Public Library. Additional sites in the Blue Sky Region are located at all libraries and some schools. Please see the Blue Sky Region Community Network website for more information. Virtual City Hall: The Library in conjunction with the City of North Bay and the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Culture, and Recreation has recently launched a Virtual City Hall. This website includes City of North Bay by-laws dating back to the late 1890s, as well as forms for applications and permits, an online customer service centre, and an interactive cyber-democracy forum called the Virtual Democracy Pilot Project To view this site click here. Blue Sky Region Portal: Check out our community portal at Blue Sky Region Portal. Here you will find over 9000 records about businesses, government services, clubs, associations, social services and educational facilities in the Blue Sky Region. Partners include: Industry Canada, HRDC, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development & Mines, City of North Bay, District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board, FedNOR, Near North Community Care Access Centre (NNCCAC), Blue Sky Region Community Network, Community Research Institute, community groups and agencies. |
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