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Celebrating the design reveal of the OPL-LAC Joint Facility!

On Thursday, January 23, 2020, join us to celebrate the reveal the architectural design for our newest landmark destination: the...

Staff Blog / Author visits

La croisée des mots continue en 2020

By cindy_program

Tu as un penchant pour la littérature franco-canadienne. La série littéraire la Croisée des mots est faite pour toi!

RBC Taylor Prize Short List 2020 - the Final Run

By CD_Librarian

Bush Runner by Mark Bourrie, a local writer and historian, is now a contender in the last RBC Taylor Prize...

Teen Exam Cram - January 8 to 31

By OPL_BPO_Comms

Beat exam stress in the comfort of the library. Questions? Ask library staff—we’re here to help! During OPL's Teen Exam...

Staff Blog / Books and reading

Canada Reads 2020 Longlist

By allison_library

Congratulations to all the authors chosen for the CBC Canada Reads 2020 longlist! We are particularly excited to see Love...

Staff Blog / Arts and culture, Books and reading, Kids

Let’s Celebrate Family Literacy Day!

By cindy_program

Family Literacy Day was created in 1999 by ABC Life literacy Canada. It’s a national initiative that takes place every...

Staff Blog / Books and reading

CBC's All in a Day Book Panel

By allison_library

They're back for another year of great reads! On Monday, January 7th CBC's All in a Day Book Panel, featuring...

Staff Blog / Books and reading

Cette image montre une tasse de thé, un livre, un foulard et un pittoresque paysage enneigé par la fenêtre.

Des livres pour le Nouvel An 2020

By OPL_BPO_Zoe

Voici des livres pour bien démarrer le Nouvel An 2020! C'est un petit aperçu de l'offre de la BPO .....

Staff Blog / Books and reading

This images shows a person taking a book for a bookshelf

OPL’s Most Requested in 2019

By OPL_BPO_Comms

Photo by Christin Hume As the year comes to an end, what better way to look back on 2019 than...

Staff Blog / Writing and poetry

Grab your pens: Callout to young writers!

By Jessica_library

Are you a young writer who would like to get published and win some cash prizes? If so, this contest is for you.

Collections - Books, music, movies, magazines and more!

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Equipment

Photo of Orion Starblast 4.5 reflector telescope

Orion StarBlast II 4.5 EQ Reflector telescope

The Telescope is an Orion Starblast 4.5 Reflector Telescope – it is a fully functioning telescope, designed with the beginning astronomer in mind.

7-day loan, holds allowed

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Image Scanning Workstation

Digitization lab

Beaverbrook

Scan, edit and print your photos, slides and documents using our image scanning workstation. Includes a photo printer and scanner. There is a charge for printing on photo paper.

Music editing station 2 (At Ruth E. Dickinson branch)

Music editing lab

Ruth E. Dickinson

A workstation for creating and editing MIDI music including a keyboard, headphones and a Mac Pro with editing software. Please checkout the computer keyboard and headphones before your booking.