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The article provides information on the public library Carbonear Public Library in Newfoundland. Librarians Brenda Peach and Maureen Snow are interested in their patrons' reading habits. The said library has many volunteers on the board and otherwise who donate their time like decorating the library for spring with pictures of flowers. Moreover, Maureen and board members were focused on weeding and barcoding the collection in preparation for automation of the library in September 2007.

The article presents the author's views on techniques and technologies that can be employed by libraries to become more accessible for users. The public libraries should be careful for difficulties that patrons face as they browse shelves, spinners and racks of materials. Books should not be stacked in a pile for displays because it is extremely difficult for old people to retrieve titles of interest without requesting assistance. Public libraries in Canada will have to use some technologies and software like Natural Reader and JAWS 7.0. to deal with such problems. In Canada, about 23% population needs some assistance while accessing libraries.