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Engage online until March 24 to help design new OPL-LAC facility

Visit Inspire555.ca until March 24 to help inform how the new Ottawa Public Library and Library and Archives Canada joint...

Staff Blog / Books and reading

CBC Canada Reads at OPL

By Jill_Biblio

The CBC’s Canada Reads has become a hit with readers nationwide, and in libraries too!! The debate over the five...

Staff Blog / Ottawa

This image is of OPL's guest blogger, Stephanie Plante.

OPL Guest Blogger – Stéphanie Plante – Ruth E. Dickinson branch

By OPL_BPO_Comms

I won’t lie; when I saw the next branch in our library project was Ruth E. Dickinson in Barrhaven, my...

Staff Blog / Arts and culture, Music

The 2019 JUNO Awards

By MichelleCDlibrary

Will you be tuning in to the JUNO Awards this weekend? Airing live on Sunday, March 17 th , Canada’s...

This image shows part of David Chariandy's winning book cover, Brother.

David Chariandy wins Windham-Campbell Prize for his body of work

By CD_Librarian

The Windham-Campbell Prize is clearly a literary prize to watch, as both one of the largest in the world ($165,000!),...

Staff Blog / Personal finance

Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP) at the Library

By Jill_Biblio

The Ottawa Public Library is partnering with Canada Revenue Agency to offer free tax preparation through the Community Volunteer Income...

Staff Blog / Arts and culture, Books and reading

CBC All in a Day Book Panel - March 2019

By Cat_Biblio

Welcome to a new year of CBC's CBC’s All in a Day book panel. On March 4th, Ann Archer of...

This is an image of a Patrick Lane book display at one of OPL's branches.

Patrick Lane, Beloved Canadian Poet 1939-2019

By CD_Librarian

Patrick Lane's life was filled with poetry, gardens, addictions, and past trauma. He lived hard, loved hard, and wrote from...

Staff Blog / Books and reading

2019 RBC Taylor Prize Winner: Kate Harris’ Lands of Lost Borders!

By Collection_Development

Recounting her bicycle passage – and simultaneous surveys of science, the nature of exploration, and the self – through the...

March: Mois de la Francophonie

By cindy_program

In March, we celebrate Francophonie; join in the celebrations by visiting the library! Be charmed by the tales of the...

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

Equipment

Photo of music editing station, with music keyboard, Mac Pro, monitor and accessories.

Music editing station 1 (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.

ProJet 1500 3D Printer

Imagine Space

Nepean Centrepointe

ProJet 1500 3D Printers are typically used to create hobby objects, replacements for broken items and can be used for the rapid prototyping of inventions.

To print an object using the ProJet 1500, jobs are submitted to the Imagine Space team and printed overnight.

Studio Backdrop Support System

Imagine Space

Nepean Centrepointe

Green Screen is a tool for creating a special effect. By filming actors in front of a green screen, editors can superimpose the background image of their choice.

2-hour loan, must remain in branch

Check availability

David SLS-1 3D Scanner

Imagine Space

Nepean Centrepointe

David SLS-1 3D scanners are used to create digital versions of real life objects. The scanner works by rapidly firing patterns of structured light and capturing the images with a camera. Images from different angles can be stitched together to form a single 3D image fit for printing.