The following text appears beside the BC and Yukon Book Prizes logo. "Congratulations to all the authors named to the BC and Yukon Book Prizes shortlist. Find accessible versions of these books in our collection." The CELA logo appears below.

Find accessible versions of the BC and Yukon Book Prize shortlist in our collection. The winners will be announced on Saturday, September 19, 2026. Happy Reading!
celalibrary.ca/2026BC_Yukon

À gauche, la couverture de *Ce que je sais de toi*. À côté, le texte suivant : Le premier roman d'Éric Chacour, *Ce que je sais de toi*, est finaliste du prix littéraire de Dublin. Il est également le choix pour Un Livrel Canada ! Ne manquez pas ce livre, disponible dans notre collection en plusieurs formats. En dessous, le logo du CAÉB.

*Ce que je sais de toi* est l'un des livres les plus commentés de ces dernières années. Lisez-le dès maintenant, en formats accessibles, grâce au programme Un Livrel Canada ! celalibrary.ca/One_eRead2026

On the left is the cover of What I know about you. On the right is the following text: Éric Chacour’s debut novel What I Know About You has been shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Prize. It’s also the One eRead book! Don’t miss this book, available in our collection in multiple formats. At the bottom of the image is the CELA logo.

What I know about you is one of the most talked about books in recent memory. Read it now, in accessible formats, as part of the One eRead Canada program. celalibrary.ca/One_eRead2026

Everyone who works on a website has a role to ensure the site and its content are accessible. This resource from Vox Media breaks down some accessibility tasks by job role, including content creators, designers, developers, project managers, and testers.

accessibility.voxmedia.com

WebAIM: Contrast Checker Search:

Color contrast is the difference in brightness between foreground and background colors. You can check your color contrasts with the @webaim Color Contrast Checker to determine if people with low vision can tell the colors apart and see your content.

webaim.org/resources/co...

Transcripts Helps you understand and create transcripts for audio and video media accessibility.

Basic transcripts are a text version of speech and non-speech audio information needed to understand content. Descriptive transcripts also describe the visual information needed to understand the content, helping people who are both Deaf and blind.

www.w3.org/WAI/media/av...

An emoji has a coded description that gets read aloud by screen readers. Putting emoji in between text could cause confusion or make content less clear. For this reason, it's usually best to put emoji at the end of written content rather than to have it mixed in with text.

Le 31 mars marque la Journée internationale de la visibilité transgenre. Nous mettons en vedette des auteurs et des récits trans, non binaires et queer issus de la collection du CAÉB. Retrouvez-les sur notre nouvelle page Instagram www.instagram.com/celalibrary_... ou bibliocaeb.ca/journee-tran...

March 31 is Trans Day of Visibility. We are highlighting some of the trans, gender non-conforming, and gender queer authors and stories found within the CELA collection. Find them on our new Instagram page www.instagram.com/celalibrary_... or find the books here celalibrary.ca/trans-day-2026

Cognitive load refers to how much working memory or short-term memory someone is using at a time. Minimizing the cognitive load it takes to use your site makes it more accessible for people with cognitive disabilities. Limit what you're asking users to remember to use your site.

Screen Reader Demo for Digital Accessibility YouTube video by UCSF Documents & Media Photography

For people who don't use screen readers, it can be difficult to understand how screen readers work. If you're interested in learning how people use screen readers, check out this demo from Marc Sutton and The University of California San Francisco.

youtu.be/dEbl5jvLKGQ

The same photo could appear on three different pages and require different alt text for each instance. The alt text for an image can vary, depending on the context of the image, its role on the page, and the intended message.

Don't buy into the myth that "accessibility is only about adding alternative text to images." Alt text is important, of course. But there is so much more to accessibility, including headline structure, functional controls, color contrast, link text, plain language, and more.

On the left are icons of headphones, a cell phone a braille book and a desktop computer. On the right is text: If you are a reader with a print disability, or you support accessible reading, come to the free Accessible Reading Symposium March 11-12, 2026

The Accessible Reading Symposium brings together readers, authors, libraries, content providers, publishers, and technology developers to share practical demos, introductory knowledge, and different viewpoints on accessible reading.
Join us! Mar 11 & Mar 12 celalibrary.ca/accessible-r...

The Accessible Reading Symposium, March 11-12, by @nnelsca.bsky.social , @celalibrary.bsky.social, and Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, is a free, virtual event to help library staff and readers with print disabilities learn about accessible reading in Canada. bit.ly/accessible-2...

EDUCATORS Please RT We need your input! Please fill out CELA's survey about our accessible collection and services and help us plan for the next 5 years supporting readers with print disabilities. Find info and links here. Thank you! celalibrary.ca/strategicplan

2/ en vertu de la Loi sur la Société canadienne des postes. Cette décision exercera une influence significative sur des millions de Canadiens et Canadiennes. #PolCan

Merci à Ministre JoelLightbound, aux membres du Comité permanent des finances, ainsi qu’aux députés de la Chambre des communes et du Sénat de leur appui à nos efforts visant à préserver les tarifs postaux réduits pour les documents de bibliothèque et la gratuité de port pour les personnes aveugles 1

Learn more on our blog. celalibrary.ca/blog/federal...

Thank you to @JoelLightbound, members of the Standing Committee on Finance, and members of the House of Commons and Senate for supporting our efforts to protect reduced postage rates for library materials and free postage for the use of the blind under the Canada Post Corporation Act. #cdnpoli

And for adults
Rock star: My life on and off the ice By Jennifer Jones
celalibrary.ca/node/26786566
Blackness Is a Gift I Can Give Her: On Race, Community, and Black Women in Hockey By R. Renee Hess
celalibrary.ca/node/25362263

The Olympic rings appear above the text: Get in the Olympic spirit with some books on incredible athletes from CELA.

For kids and teens: The longest shot: How Larry Kwong changed the face of hockey celalibrary.ca/node/25375156
Game changers: Stories of hijabi athletes from around the world celalibrary.ca/node/25719716
Athlete is agender: true stories of LGBTQ+ people in sports celalibrary.ca/node/26559317

Join us tomorrow!
Updates for Android and iOS devices have come a long way, especially for braille readers. Our presenters will go in-depth into features available on both iOS and Android mobile devices, including braille screen input.
Jan 22, 2026 10:00 AM PT
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Un graphique blanc représentant des silhouettes de personnes ayant des difficultés de lecture apparaît sur un fond rouge, au-dessus du texte : « Le 3 décembre est la Journée internationale des personnes handicapées. »

À l'occasion de la Journée internationale des personnes handicapées, nous rendons hommage aux personnes handicapées ainsi qu'à leurs alliés et aux organisations qui les soutiennent et œuvrent à leurs côtés pour éliminer les obstacles à leur pleine inclusion et à l'égalité.

What is Audio Description? YouTube video by RNIB

Audio descriptions are necessary for making videos accessible. They narrate the crucial visual elements that would be necessary for understanding the plot without the ability to see the screen. They describe non-verbal cues like gestures, facial expressions, or eye contact.

A graphic in white of silhouettes of people with print disabilities appears against a red background and above the text: December 3 is International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

On International Day of Persons with Disabilities we honour those living with disabilities and the allies and organizations who support and work alongside to remove barriers to full inclusion and equitality. Read disability memoirs published in the last year celalibrary.ca/2025_Diability_Memoirs

Your site's users need enough time to interact with content and fill out forms. People with disabilities such as blindness, low vision, dexterity impairments, and cognitive disabilities might need more time for things such as forms. Allow users to turn off or extend time limits.

If you feel like you don't know what you don't know about accessibility, it can help to follow folks who discuss assistive technology, accessibility and disability. Here's a list of people who post a lot about those.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

On a light blue background the text says 'Becoming Anti-Ableist. Hosted by Elisabeth Walker-Young & Shawna Lawson of Inclusive Experiences. Wednesday, November 26th, 10am - 11:30am PDT on Zoom.' There is an image in a graphic style of three people in a parade. Two are walking and one person is in a wheelchair. The colour scheme is purple, blue, black, beige, and white. There are two logos for the British Columbia Library Association and Professional Development program.

We hope to see you next Wed. Nov. 26th for the Becoming Anti-Ableist workshop at 10am with Elisabeth Walker-Young and Shawna Lawson of Inclusive Experiences. This session is “grounded in lived experiences and principles of disability justice.” Register today! tinyurl.com/inclusiveexp...

Book cover of Flesh by David Szalay

Congratulations to David Szalay who won the Booker Prize for his book Flesh. "In Flesh, Szalay has conjured a character who is unknowable and blunt, yet fully realized and somehow incredibly loveable."
Read it in audio celalibrary.ca/node/26174317
and braille celalibrary.ca/node/25576771