• Fiction and non-fiction books, large print books, videos and DVDs, talking books (audiocassettes and CDs), current and authoritative Reference collection – all searchable online - Library Catalogue & Your Account
• Muskoka Collection – Local History & Genealogy

  Government publications – federal, provincial, district, municipal

• Newspapers and magazines – including 100 years of Bracebridge newspapers on microfilm
• ectronic resources - Search Online Resources

- digitized books, listed in the Catalogue, to be read online

- subscriptions to full text journals and encyclopedias

• Computers and a printer, for word processing, e-mail, and internet access – Public Internet Access
• Vertical file of clippings, pamphlets, and maps, arranged by subject, which may be borrowed

Services

• Staff assistance in finding information, using the resources, answering questions in person, by phone or online
• Interlibrary loan of material, borrowed free of charge, from public libraries across Ontario - Interlibrary Loan
• Readers’ Advisory – a collection of guides, and assistance in choosing reading materials to suit individual interests
• Library tours and instruction in the use of resources
• Microfilm reader/printer
• Microfiche reader
• Photocopier
• Carrels for studying
• Robert J. Boyer Reading Room

Special Needs 

• Visiting Library Service – screened volunteers visit shut-ins in their home or seniors residence, delivering and returning reading/listening materials – inquire at the library to receive this service or to be a volunteer
• Computer workstation for people with low, or no vision, with ZoomText and Jaws software
• Elevator to the second floor

Nipissing University and Georgian College

• A partnership between Nipissing University,Georgian College and the Bracebridge Public Library provides students at the Muskoka Campuses with a collection of material geared to meet course requirements.
• Nipissing and Georgian material can be located in the Bracebridge Public Library online catalogue. Two computer terminals, dedicated to the use of registered students of Nipissing University, provide access to the main campus catalogue and its electronic resources.
  
  
• Due to these partnerships, this material may be borrowed as well by those who hold a valid Bracebridge Public Library card
• Reference staff will provide in-depth assistance to Nipissing and Georgian students.

Writer-In-Residence

• Melody Richardson, writer and literary dynamo has taken on the WIR duties at the Library.
• She is applying her talents to organizing a series of readings, workshops and creative opportunities for writers in the area.
• Watch the Events Calendar to find out when these special sessions will occur