Comments on our services:

" I got the mini-collection today... We can't buy everything we want so this is the most wonderful resource!'

"A resource such as Alpha Ontario is of particular importance for those literacy groups which are situated some distance from a major metropolitan area and the resources which such cities offer."

Alpha Ontario is an organization which provides the point of access in Ontario for culturally relevant resources and services for practitioners in the fields of adult literacy and language training throughout Ontario. Service streams include Anglophone, Francophone, Deaf and Native Peoples and resources and services are available in Canada's official languages. Alpha Ontario services include:

• A comprehensive collection of thousands of resource materials, including books, cassettes, videos and software
• A lending service to practitioners who live in Ontario
• Dial-in access to the Alpha Ontario automated catalogue free of charge from anywhere in Ontario
• Reference, information and referral services provided by a team of experienced librarians
• Mini-collections of 100 to 150 items on four or eight-month loans
• Regional deposit collections of 1,000 items each, placed in a region for a minimum of a year
• A magazine current awareness service for literacy and ESL practitioners
• Alphabase, a database of information about programs and organizations involved in adult literacy and immigrant language training in Ontario

Non-residents of Ontario may search our catalogue by visiting our Web site or by using their computer to dial-in to the catalogue. They can also borrow materials by using the inter-library loan service.

Visit our web site and browse our catalogue at:
http://www.mtrl.toronto.on.ca/centres/
alpha/index.html

To find out more about Alpha Ontario's services, or to place an information request: