Specialized Collections

Active Living Lifestyle Collections

This collection includes:

• Snowshoes:  Available for a 7-day loan period. Adult and kids sizes available.
• Pedometers: Available for a 21-day loan period.  Sets of 16 are also available - Great for walking groups and classrooms.
• GPS (Geocaching): 21-day loan period.  Includes a map of local trails.

This collection has been provided by Lambton Public Health and Healthy Kids Community Challenge partners.  A library card is required to borrow these items.  All collections can be renewed unless requested by another patron. 

Book Club Kits

Book Club kits are available for an 8-week loan period and can be reserved online. Each set contains ten copies of the book.

Braille Books

Lambton County Library maintains a small braille collection of children's books.  Some braille books (adult and children's) are also available through Inter-Library Loan.

eReaders

eReader kits are available to borrow for free with your library card. These devices connect to Wi-Fi, so you do not need a computer to access materials.

The eReader kits include:

• Kobo Aura One eReader
• A standard cover
• USB cable
• Instruction cards.

ESL Language Learning Materials

Study material for English language learning, including proficiency tests such as TOEFL and TOEIC (beginner to advanced levels) are available. They are located at the Sarnia Library.

Kill-a-Watt Meters

Borrow a Kill-A-Watt™ meter to help calculate the cost of running your appliances. Simply connect appliances to the meter and it will assess how efficient your appliances really are. Electrical expenses can be calculated by the hour, day, week, month, or year. Kill-A-Watt™ meters are available for a 21-day loan period.

The addition of Kill-A-Watt meters to Lambton County Library locations was a direct result of the City of Sarnia's Community Round Table's 2007 Environmental Summit, where working groups determined these meters could help the City achieve a sustainable future. The meters were generously provided by Bluewater Power.

Large Print Books

Lambton County Library has a collection of large print books, which any patron may borrow.

Ontario Parks Passes

This Ontario Parks pass provides borrowers with unlimited daily vehicle entry for one vehicle plus all its passengers at any Ontario Provincial Park. The passes are valid between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021 and may be borrowed for a period of seven days.

Passes include a vehicle permit, a $5 off day-use coupon for future regular day-use and a Parks Guide. The vehicle permit must be returned after the lending period but the borrower may keep the coupon and parks guide.

Lambton County Library received the passes from Ontario Parks as a part of its library day-use vehicle lending program that encourages Ontario residents to spend time outdoors and take advantage of the benefits being outdoors provides to mental and physical health.

Multilingual Materials

Books are available in French and other languages such as Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Urdu. Children's books, large print books, CDs, Videos and DVDs are also available in some of these languages. 

Museum Passes

Family passes for Lambton Heritage Museum and Oil Museum of Canada can be borrowed from any Lambton County Library location and used for free admission to the museums.

Lambton Heritage Museum

Lambton Heritage Museum shares Sarnia-Lambton's unique history through its exhibits, fun activities for children and a park-like setting. The museum features nine buildings including structures from the late 1800's such as a church, pioneer home, slaughter house, blacksmith shop, the Rokeby School and two agricultural barns containing a fascinating assortment of agricultural and pioneer implements as well as the main exhibit centre.

The museum is located 8 km south of Grand Bend on Highway 21 and is open Monday to Friday, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Saturday, Sunday and holidays, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Visit the Lambton Heritage Museum website. 

Visit Lambton County Library's Catalogue to reserve a museum pass.

Oil Museum of Canada National Historic Site

Located in Ontario's Oil Heritage District, the Oil Museum of Canada National Historic Site preserves the site of the first commercial oil well in North America, dug by James Miller Williams in 1858.

While at the Museum, you can learn how Lambton sparked the international oil boom and discover the people who developed specialized technology and skills while travelling the world seeking oil. You can explore the gallery, the interactive international driller's tent, historic buildings, and discover the oldest operating oil field in the world, next door at Fairbank Oil Fields.

The Museum is just 30 minutes southeast of Sarnia in Oil Springs. Stop in to discover the important role Lambton County and our oilmen have played in the development of the global oil industry.

Visit the Oil Museum of Canada website

Visit Lambton County Library's Catalogue to reserve a museum pass.

Seed Library

The Seed Library is a free, community-driven seed borrowing system that provides an opportunity for people to grow their own healthy food. Library card holders borrow vegetable and herb seeds that they plant, grow, and harvest while letting a few plants mature and return to seed. Borrowers then return these new seeds to the Library collection. By returning seeds from successful plants, local gardeners help sustain the Library's collection.

Learn more about the Seed Library. 

VOX™ Books are printed children's books for ages 2 - 7 that provide full professional audio narration using a unique audio reader attached to the book. VOX™ Books help readers improve reading comprehension and reading accuracy. Inside of the front cover is a permanently attached 5mm VOX™ Reader device which reads aloud at every flip of a page. Children simply push a button to listen while they read.