Library Services

Georgina Public Libraries offer services related to our library collections, such as borrowing, interlibrary loan and equipment rentals, as well as third party products and services. Some products such as municipal bins and York Transit tickets are sold as a service to the community but library customers should consult the appropriate vendor if they have questions about the product or availability.

Service Canada connects Canadians to federal government services like: passports, SIN, EI, CPP applications and much more. See their website for more details. Georgina Public Library’s Keswick Branch hosts the Georgina Scheduled Outreach Site.

**New, more convenient hours** A trained Service Canada employee will be onsite in the library every Thursday of the month from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm to help with:

Informing and educating citizens and communities on Government of Canada and Service Canada initiatives, services and benefits;
Facilitating access and application, through on-line connectivity to Service Canada - wide services (i.e. EI, ISP and SIN) and for established partner programs (e.g. Passport forms);
Services include information and application about new offerings such as Canada Education Savings Grant (CESG);

The Outreach site can serve as a drop-off point for applications, but cannot accept any payments.

Municipal sales of Blue Boxes (small $7.00, large $9.00), Green Bins ($20.00) Beige Bins (used in the Green bins $5.00), garbage tags ($1.00 each), garage sale permits (free) and Town park permits (free to residents). Garage Sale permits are also available online at the Town of Georgina's Garage Sale Permit Request website registration form.

Resident Parking Passes, from May through Thanksgiving Day, 2009, are available at all three branches. Residents must bring their current driver's license and vehicle license plate numbers and provide their phone number for staff to register and issue the pass(es). Two passes are provide per household.

Meeting rooms are available to rent by the hour at all 3 branches. Call Leisure Services at 905 476-4301 ext. 235 for information about fees and to book any of the library rooms.

York Regional Transit (YRT) tickets and passes are available at Keswick and Peter Gzowski Branches. YRT Prices change and customers should contact YRT for up to date pricing.

Interlibrary loan service to bring you books from outside Georgina
Materials in a variety of formats to serve your information/recreation needs: books, large type books, books on tape or CD, music CDs, French books, DVDs and videos, newspapers and magazines
Programming for children, teens and adults

A-V rentals of slide projectors, overhead projectors, film screen: call for fees
Free broadband public internet access
Unicorn web based public catalogue

ZoomText Xtra 7.0 (version 7.1, Level 2) software for the visually impaired is available on one public computer in each of the three Georgina Library branches. Persons wishing to use the software can reserve a time on the computer by contacting their local branch. For more information on issues relating to accessibility in the library, contact the eBranch Librarian, Kelly Bernstein at 905-476-5762 ext. 121, Email: kbernstein@georgina.ca .

The Visiting Library Service, a Georgina Friends of the Library program, provides library materials to those who cannot visit us. For more information on accessing this service or volunteering to deliver books, please call your local library branch.