Implementing CELA Service: Manitoba Public Libraries

Welcome to CELA!

We are so pleased to welcome Manitoba public libraries to the CELA family.  The Manitoba government has fully funded CELA service through all public libraries in the province. All Manitobans who cannot read print due to a visual, learning or physical disability will now have access to CELA’s comprehensive accessible collection of more than 1 million titles in French and English, including the best of Canadian literature, award winners, bestsellers, books for kids and teens, plus 45 national and international newspapers and 150 popular magazines.  

Read the provincial funding announcement

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All of the CELA staff are committed to supporting your efforts toward expanding your accessible materials and programs for your patrons. Please feel free to contact us with your questions, comments or suggestions by phone at 1-855-655-2273 extension 2, or email us at members@celalibrary.ca. 

We look forward to helping you make the most of CELA services. Welcome to CELA!

CELA Member Services

Lindsay Tyler (Senior Manager), Rachel Breau (Manager, Member Services), Faline Bobier (Training & Outreach Coordinator) and Jessica Desormeaux (Communications and Access Specialist)

CELA Rollout Information

On this page you will find all the information you need to set up your library. 

Schedule

  • End of April: onboarding kickoff with Welcome email sent to libraries
  • May - June: training sessions and regular emails to libraries
  • End of June: libraries will receive their CELA account information and promotional materials (CELA posters & flyers)
  • Beginning of July: libraries will be ready to offer CELA to their patrons with print disabilities
  • End of December: rollout survey

Emails to libraries

Welcome to CELA! (April 25)

Welcome to the next step in offering CELA services: training! (May 9)

The next step in offering CELA services: finding the perfect read! (May 24)

The next step: finding and getting books and magazines (May 30)

The next step: promoting your CELA services to patrons (June 14)

The next step: supporting educators and students with CELA services (August 18)

The next step: option to have a collection of DAISY CDs at your library (August 29)

CELA blog: Manitoba will offer CELA services

 

Training

We’ve joined CELA, now what?  Learn from other Manitoba Libraries to get CELA off to a great start

We invite you to listen to Jen Kendall from Portage la Prairie Regional Library, Carolyn Minor and Paula Harrison from Winnipeg Public Library as they discuss how they offer CELA reading materials to their patrons with print disabilities. 

This was a one-hour online chat where Manitoba library staff had the opportunity to ask other Manitoba libraries about their experience with CELA and to share ideas. Two sessions were offered, and both recordings are available below:

Online chat about CELA with Manitoba libraries - September 22

Online chat about CELA with Manitoba libraries - September 27

Other webinars:

Introduction to CELA service Webinar recording

Our full webinar schedule is available on our Webinars for Library Staff page. All our webinars are free and are presented in Zoom.

Promote your CELA services

As part of the CELA onboarding process, your library will receive a sample pack of CELA promotional materials.  Each pack includes;

  • 1 English and 1 French poster
  • 50 English and 20 French postcards
  • 50 copies of each English flyer: Educator Access Program, Client Access Support, Kids & Teens
  • 20 copies of each French flyer: Educator Access Program, Client Access Support, Kids & Teens

Need more? Place an order for free postcards, posters and flyers

CELA flyers and postcards collage

CELA rollout checklist for libraries

  1. Send Member Services:
    • Email addresses for email list 
    • Your library card prefixes 
    • Names of any towns, hamlets or other municipalities that may access your library.  
  2. Register for a session of the "Introduction to CELA webinar" 
  3. If you couldn’t attend a live webinar and watched the recording instead, send members@celalibrary.ca the name of your library 
  4. Include information about CELA to your website using our Sample web content about CELA document
  5. Add your CELA account number and information to staff manuals or onboarding tools (account numbers sent by end of June)
  6. Display CELA promotional materials (delivered by early July) in your library and include in your outreach materials.  Need more? Place an order for free postcards, posters and flyers
CELA formats: CD, phone, tablet, braille and DAISY player