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CELA Blog

Making audiobooks more accessible

Published 27 June 2024 by Karen McKay
CELA services
CELA is pleased to launch a new research project designed to help publishers and audiobook producers make audiobooks more accessible.
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Books for National Indigenous People's Day

Published 20 June 2024 by Karen McKay
Collections
Read books in accessible formats from CELA to honour National Indigenous People's Day
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book cover The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

CELA Collections over the decade

Published 31 May 2024 by Karen McKay
Collections
Over the past decade CELA's collection has grown to more than 1.3 million titles. Theresa Power, CELA's Content and Access Librarian shares all the things that go into curating the collection.
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Celebrating CELA’s 10th anniversary  

Published 4 April 2024 by Karen McKay
CELA services
This year CELA turns 10 and we want to celebrate. We’ve taken a look back at the last ten years to see what’s changed since CELA was established and how these changes are shaping equitable reading for all.  
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Books for Black History Month

Published 12 February 2024 by Karen McKay
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Find some great books to read during Black History Month
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Envoy Connect now ready to read right out of the box

Published 29 November 2023 by Jessica Desormeaux
CELA services
CELA launched the Envoy Connect audiobook service in May, and since then, hundreds of our users have begun using these portable devices to read audiobooks from CELA.
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Print material accessibility in Canada, 2023

Published 30 October 2023 by Karen McKay
Accessible reading
Statistics Canada recently released a report on the accessibility of print materials in Canada in 2023. The report, available on the Statistics Canada website, revealed some interesting information about accessible reading materials.
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CELA launches braille survey

Published 24 October 2023 by Karen McKay
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Your opinion matters to us! We invite you to participate in our survey to gather feedback about CELA’s braille collection and services.
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Books for Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Published 22 September 2023 by Karen McKay
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September 30 marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. We have selected some newer titles from our collection as recommended reads for this important day.
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First Nations Community Reads celebrates 20th anniversary

Published 29 August 2023 by Karen McKay
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Celebrate some of the best of Indigenous writing and storytelling with the honoured books from the 2023 First Nations Community Reads list.
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