Books by Mail
Home Delivery Services Resource Manager:
Andrew Poplawski
(902) 490-5888
Books by Mail:
60 Alderney Drive
Dartmouth, NS
B2Y 4P8
(902) 490-5599;
or 1-800-565-4414 (long distance calls only, please)
The Books by Mail service is available to any resident of HRM who does not make regular use of Branch or Mobile Service and meets the following criteria:
1. The service is available to any customer who is not a resident in a branch catchment area.
2. The service is available to customers within rural branch catchment areas within the following criteria:
- public transit to branch not available or not accessible
- no car or access to car during branch hours
- seasonal factors
3. The service is available to customers within all branch catchments within the following criteria:
3.1 Disability
- unable to make use of a branch due to illness or disability which keeps customer homebound for a minimum of six weeks
- disability may be short-term or long-term
- includes conditions preventing driving or carrying
- general infirmity due to age
- not presently getting Homebound Service
- caregiver responsibility preventing use of a local library during open hours
Materials are available in regular print, large print, or talking book formats.
Popular fiction or non-fiction may be selected from the July/August 2010 Update, a free list of recent materials sent to Books by Mail clients every two months.
Library clients with a physical, visual, or learning disability which prevents them from using print materials may register as talking book users. The Library's talking books can be played on any cassette player.
