Virtual Online Community Library

The Virtual Online Community Library (VOCaL) offers virtual access to public library services to remote Northern Ontario communities. By joining VOCaL, members can borrow books from Ontario public libraries (mailed by post), as well as download eBooks and eAudiobooks.

VOCaL members may borrow books from participating public libraries in Ontario. The provincial shared catalogue, Resource Sharing for Groups (RS4G), which can be searched and in which you can make requests, can be accessed here.

Members may access OverDrive to download eBooks and eAudiobooks. (Select Ontario Library Service as your library, and enter your VOCaL card number to access the collection.)

Members may also access Cantook Station to download French digital content.

If you live in one of the communities listed below, you may join VOCaL at no cost:

• Armstrong Station
• Batchewana Bay
• Grassy Narrows First Nation
• Gull Bay First Nation
• Missanabie
• Moosonee and Moose Factory
• Shining Tree
• Tilden Lake
• Upsala