Catalogue and Collection

Are you part of a book club? Looking for that next book to read with your group?

Visit the library and check out our selection of over 70 sets. Still not finding what you want? Why not put a request in for a title and mention it is for a book club?

Six copies of popular fiction and nonfiction books.

When searching the catalogue for these sets, you want to:

• Click Power Search
• Change the library from any to Yellowknife Public Library
• Change location from any to Book Club collection
• Click the blue search button
• Scroll through the results

Enjoy active fun in Yellowknife's parks and community spaces over the summer! 

Borrow Frisbee golf sets (with course map), soccer balls, volleyball, basketball, racquets, skipping ropes, and more from our Sports Equipment Collection. Available June - September. 

Materials can be found at the circulation desk. 

Yellowknife Public Library offers books and resources in multiple languages, language learning kits, dictionaries, and high-interest/low-vocabulary resources.

If you are looking for language instruction, we recommend contacting Aurora College to discuss their Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Program to see if it is right for you and whether or not you are eligible.

Daycare Providers, Home-Schoolers and Schools!

Here is an opportunity to nurture a love of reading in the children under your care.

Yellowknife Public Library will create a thematic learning kit containing books, multimedia, and rhyming books (if needed).

• Requires a library card in good standing to check out.
• Want a card for your institution? Our staff will be happy to explain how to obtain one.
• We need at least a week's notice to prepare.
• Thirty-day loan (Beginning on the date the patron is notified). Please note: Items not picked up within a week of notification will need to be re-shelved.

To get one, bring a Learning Kit Request Form to the front desk, or email it to @email.

STEAM is a curriculum-based approach to educating students across four specific disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. 

Library STEAM Packs are geared to families with children in grades K-6. 

These packs each have a theme and are meant to be a fun way for families to get out and explore together while providing learning opportunities in the above disciplines. Current themes include Birds, Rock Collecting, Gardening, Nature Photography, Snow, Stargazing, Magic, and more. 

Check out a themed STEAM Pack and its handy zippered bag... and go!

In a rush? Try a preschool grab bag!

Each bag contains 10 items based on a theme listed on the front of the bag. Each title was carefully selected by library staff to save parents and caregivers time; just check out the entire bag and contents (with a single, convenient barcode) and you know you'll have a great selection! Themes include superheroes, pets, humorous stories, dinosaurs, farm animals, and Canadian authors.

The Yellowknife Public Library is proud to support the 10 recommendations of the Canadian Federation of Library Associations-Fédération canadienne des associations de bibliothèques (CFLA-FCAB) Truth and Reconciliation Report.

As part of our commitment to remembering, learning, healing, and moving forward, we continue to expand and promote our collection of materials created by Indigenous peoples. We also maintain a dedicated list of Truth and Reconciliation resources, which is regularly updated as new materials are added.

If you would like these materials prepared as a learning kit, please call (867) 920-5642.

• NWT Indigenous Alphabets – Orthography Tools and Font Support (via GNWT ECE)
• Indigenous Cinema (via the National Film Board of Canada)
• Inuktitube
• Native Land – An interactive map of pre-colonial North America showing traditional territories, treaties, and languages.
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada – Calls to Action