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Join us this summer at the Main Branch on Thursdays at noon for free performances by local Ottawa musicians and...

This week, Good Girls by Shalta Dicaire Fardin and Sarah Sahagian had the least amount of votes and has unfortunately...

The Ottawa Public Library (OPL) will be hosting the Digital Bookmobile National Tour on Saturday July 22, from 11:00 a.m...

To mark Canada 150 th anniversary, we have been celebrating the art of STORYTELLING throughout the year. Song, poetry, cinema,...

What is Techno Buddies? Techno Buddies is an intergenerational program that focuses on community building, bringing together both Teen Volunteers...

Canadians are a diverse bunch and that variety is increasingly reflected by Canadian authors in their work. This summer, the...

Grandma’s cinnamon rolls? Uncle Joe’s potato salad? Dad’s special tomato soup? à la carte, the Ottawa Public Library’s food literacy...

This summer, kids are invited to participate in the TD Summer Reading Club , to explore and celebrate Canada through...

The Ottawa Public Library (OPL) will be piloting changes to bookmobile stops on a trial basis starting July 3. These...

July 7 to October 12, 2017 Main Branch, 3rd floor Carleton University’s Disability Research Group (CUDRG) is a multi-disciplinary collective...