The Pioneer Library System (PLS) provides access to resources, services, and programs to support our mission of inspiring innovation, engagement, and learning in our communities.
For reasonable accommodations or help finding materials for your needs, Contact Us for more information.
Accessibility at PLS Locations
All locations have accessible parking onsite as well as curbside services.
PLS libraries have necessary ramps, entrances, water fountains, and restroom accommodations.
The Norman Public Library Central has elevators to make all collections accessible.
Assisted Technology
PLS webpage accessibility is powered by AccessiBe, curating an inclusive customer experience for all customers. AccessiBe supports devices such as laptops, smartphones, and tablets.
EZSee keyboards, headphones with microphone, magnification devices, and trackball mouses are available upon request at all locations.
A hearing induction loop system is available at Norman Central and Norman East Public Libraries.
Curbside and Delivery
Curbside service is available at all locations to pick up holds or chat with a librarian to find available titles to check out.
Home service delivery is available for eligible customers to choose titles from the collection to be mailed directly to your home at no cost. Simply send the item(s) back in the postage-paid mailing bag provided.
Language Access Assistance
Instant Language Assistants are available at all locations and facilitates natural conversations translated in real time in over 120 languages.
ASL / Instant Language Assistants allows customers to utilize ASL live interpreter services at all locations.
The library’s website can be translated into over 100+ languages using Google Translate. Google Translate, located at the bottom of the library website. Select your preferred language for activation.
Library Materials
A wide variety of formats including audiobooks, eBooks, DVDs and large print materials, including braille are available for checkout from all locations. Staff are available to help anyone find materials for your needs.
PLS partners with the Oklahoma Library of the Blind and the Physically Handicapped to connect customers with the materials and equipment to meet needs.
Reasonable Accommodations
With the exception of Norman Public Library West, each PLS facility is owned by the city that it serves. Norman Public Library Central has 2 elevators to make all collections and floors accessible. Contact us so as to allow us to make reasonable accommodations at any of our libraries.
Those facilities with Accessibility Statements may be accessed here:
"The City of Blanchard/Blanchard Municipal Improvement Authority encourages participation from all its citizens. If participation at any public meeting is not possible due to a disability, please notify the City Clerk at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the scheduled meeting so that necessary accommodations can be made to adequately accommodate your disability."
"In accordance with the requirements of title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the City of Moore will not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs, or activities."
"In accordance with the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the City of Newcastle will not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs, or activities."
"It is the policy of the City of Norman that no person or groups of persons shall on the grounds of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, place of birth, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status, marital status, including marriage to a person of the same sex, disability, retaliation, or genetic information, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise subjected to discrimination in employment activities or in all programs, services, or activities administered by the City, its recipients, sub-recipients, and contractors."
"If you use assistive technology (such as a Braille reader, a screen reader, or TTY) and the format of any material on this website interferes with your ability to access information, please contact us. To enable us to respond in a manner most helpful to you, please indicate the nature of your accessibility problem, the preferred format in which to receive the material, the web address of the requested material, and your contact information."
"The City of Oklahoma City does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs or activities. It is the policy of the City to ensure that communications with participants and members of the public with disabilities are as effective as communications with others."
"In accordance with the requirements of title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the City of Shawnee will not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs, or activities."
Schedule a Librarian
Schedule a Librarian is a dedicated service to guarantee extended, one-on-one help with a librarian. Topics can range from general help to very specific troubleshooting.
Appointments are available in person or virtually.
Service Animals
PLS welcomes library customers accompanied by a service animal.
The work or tasks performed by a service animal must be directly related to an individual’s disability and comply with all local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations regarding the use of service animals by persons with disabilities.
Service animals are limited to the animals defined under the ADA and does not include any other species of animal, wild or domestic, trained, or untrained.
