Working & Meeting Space & Zoom Room

The library is a casual place to meet, have a conversation, or dig into some work, with comfortable seating areas and tables in both branches for leisure reading or studying.

Both branches offer dedicated meeting rooms. If you represent a local group, business or organization that needs space for a meeting or presentation, consider the library.

Both branches have meeting rooms that accommodate approx. 25 people. Almonte branch also has a small meeting room / “zoom room” for 4 people – where video conferencing is available. To reserve a time, call 613-256-1037 or ask at the front desk for registration and details.

Whether your internet is too slow or inconsistent, home is too noisy, or you need to get out of the house, the library might be the place for you!

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Computers, Internet, Tech Tutor, Printing, Scanning & 3D printing

Public-access computers with MS Office at both branches. Printing & Photocopying costs 15 cents/each printed side for black & white and 50 cents/each printed side for colour. FREE Scanning of documents or from USB and send via email.

Free WiFi is available for those who’d like to bring their own laptop, tablet, cell phone, or other smart device.

A literacy station computer for young children is at each branch.

Chromebooks are available for patrons to borrow.

The library has a 3D printer! Mandatory 3D Printer Training is required before using the library printer. Sign up for a lesson at our programs page – or get on the waiting list if all appointments are full. Use of the 3D printer and lessons are all FREE of charge with a library card.

Senior Services

The library offers a number of services of particular interest to seniors.

Free Tech Tutoring – free one-on-one technology support in person, email or by phone

Contact-free pick up – allows residents to place holds and get material without having to browse the collections

Visiting Library Service and CELA – library materials delivered to your home. CELA provides materials in formats that people with print disabilities can read

Libby – digital books and audiobooks

Kanopy – stream movies and documentaries – free to your home device, with your library card

For more specific information, please contact Christine Row at crow@mississippimills.ca

Digitization Lab: preserve your memories

Transfer “old” media records to new digital files at the digitization lab, Pakenham branch. The lab has all the tools & instructions. Lab User Guidelines are here.

At the lab you can:

  • scan photos, slides & film negatives
  • convert VHS to DVD and other conversions
  • edit videos and images
  • record audio & video clips

Access these tools free of charge. All conversions run in “real time.” Example: a 2 hour VHS movie takes 2 hours to convert to DVD. Bring your own USB drive or blank DVD for storage. Blank DVDs with cases are available for $2 each. Email the library with questions.

Visiting Library Service (VLS)

If you or someone you know needs Visiting Library Services, please contact Judi at vls@missmillslibrary.com.

VLS is available to people in the community unable to visit the library due to an illness, restricted mobility, or a physical, developmental or visual disability. Library staff arrange to have books delivered directly to an individual’s home and picked up too. Download the VLS brochure.

Centre for Equitable Library Access

CELA provides public libraries with alternative format collections for library patrons with print disabilities. Community members sign up for public library service at their local public library and, if eligible, are introduced to CELA collections.

For more information inquire at the library, either branch.

Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

ILL service is available at Almonte and Pakenham branches. ILL offers patrons of Mississippi Mills Public Library (MMPL) the ability to request physical materials that our branches do not carry. If a requested item is available via ILL, it arrives at MMPL for use by the requesting patron. A librarian contacts the patron when the requested ILL material arrives. 

A patron can have three (3) active ILL items at time. Requests for material published within the past 12 months are not accepted. ILL requests can take up to 3 weeks to arrive and are generally loaned for a one month period. 

To place an ILL request, please use this form – we need name, library card#, title, author etc.

Click to place an ILL request