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Whitehots Hub

Whitehots Hub

The Whitehots Hub is a state-of-the-art online ordering system that quickly becomes the nerve center for your acquisitions and collection development departments. It is the largest database of its kind in Canada. 

Easily collaborate and share information, search for titles, order and allocate items and more!

search titles

Easily search for titles on our extensive database of over 10 million titles. Browse our various hotlists for the season's bestsellers, popular themes, hidden gems and more!

allocate feature

Allocate holdings information with one click using custom allocation templates created for your branches.

shopping cart

Create carts for various areas of your collection. Share carts and collaborate to create diverse, robust collections. Submit your order to Whitehots, or download to your ILS.

collaborate information

Information can be shared electronically with your team, from collaboration on creating a cart to notes and comments.

Collection Development

Let Whitehots' selection team help fill collection gaps and update core collections. From children’s picture books to home repair DIY and any other subject, we can work with your available budget to recommend a list of titles for specific areas of your collection. Ask us about our Selection Lists and World Language Collections.

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Opening Day Collections

Whitehots has the knowledge and resources to establish your opening day collection. We can assist on selections or provide a complete turn-key service.

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Automatic Release Plans (ARPs)

Stress-free, Stand-out Selections! Whitehots' ARPs can help you meet the needs of patron demands for the latest hot titles while effectively managing budgets. You set the criteria and budget, and Whitehots' expert team will automatically select titles for the areas of your collection that you specify.

Cataloguing and Processing

Cataloguing & Processing

Full-service library cataloguing and processing to meet all your requirements. Services completely customized to your specifications.

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School Collections

Whitehots has over 1500 school titles in stock, available with quick delivery. We offer a number of library services to assist teachers and school librarians.

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Multilingual Collections

Whitehots is your multilingual solution with over 25 languages. Get diverse and shelf‑ready materials! We offer cataloguing and processing services for multilingual materials. Dual‑language books, DVD/Blu‑rays are also available in a multitude of languages.

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French Collections

Did you know? Whitehots has French collections! There are over 3,000,000 French titles currently on The Hub, with more being added and updated daily. Our bilingual experts in creating engaging French collections for readers of all ages and interests.

VOX Books – Books that Talk!

Each book brings the story to life with a built-in VOX Reader that reads aloud as children follow along. Children simply press a button to listen (and learn!) while they read. The permanently attached VOX™ Reader inside the front cover to make VOX Books an all‑in‑one read aloud experience.

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On-Demand Leasing Books

On-Demand Leasing

Ensure your library has enough copies of those trending titles to satisfy demands. On-Demand Leasing means you have copies on hand while the title is trending.

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