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—New Central Library website launched; consultations underway—

Ottawa – The Ottawa Public Library (OPL) will be hosting its fifth annual Awards Night & Video Screening for the Teen Tech Week Video Contest on April 28, at 7:30 p.m. at the Centrepointe Studio Theatre, 101 Centrepointe Drive.

Ottawa, April 7, 2016 - The agenda, and associated documents, for the upcoming Ottawa Public Library Board meeting, scheduled for April 12, 2016, are now available at https://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/opl-bo

Ottawa – The winners of this year’s Ottawa Public Library (OPL) Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest were announced yesterday, Tuesday, March 29, at Centrepointe Theatre.

Canadian Public Libraries for Fair Ebook Pricing continue to advocate for more reasonable prices and terms for ebooks from multinational publishers with an open lett

Ottawa – The Ottawa Public Library will be taking part in the Big Library Read program, which will be taking place until March 31, on a device near you.

Ottawa – The regular public entrance to the Carlingwood branch of the Ottawa Public Library will not be available from Tuesday, March 29 to Friday, April 8, 2016 inclusive, while improvements are being made.

Ottawa – The Ottawa Public Library is pleased that the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has approved a resolution calling for action from the federal government on ebooks.

Ottawa – The Ottawa Public Library (OPL) is hosting its annual Teen Tech Week (TTW) Video Contest from March 6 to April 4. The popular contest, which is in its sixth year, celebrates technology and teens.

Ottawa – When is the last time you interacted with someone from a completely different walk of life? Or, had a frank conversation with someone whose life experience is far from your own?

Ottawa – The Carp branch of the Ottawa Public Library will be closed on from Monday, February 29 to Thursday, March 10 to receive improvements.

Ottawa – Children ages 4-12 are invited to take part in ‘steaming’ hot free programs at the Ottawa Public Library (OPL) during the March Break, from March 14-18. The theme this year is ‘Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead!”.

Province Supporting Projects to Help Meet Changing Community Needs

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Ontario is supporting 10 new projects in public libraries that will improve services for Ontarians.

Ottawa – The Ottawa Public Library (OPL) is celebrating the second annual Harry Potter Book Night on February 4. OPL is joining other libraries around the world in sharing the wonder of J.K.

Ottawa – The Ottawa Public Library’s Imagine Space will reopen on Friday, January 29 after undergoing an expansion and receiving improvements. The popular makerspace, located at the Nepean Centrepointe branch, closed for the upgrades on November 23, 2015.

Ottawa – The Ottawa Public Library has launched an exciting online learning resource: Lynda.com. Lynda.com, offers online learning in software, creative, and business skills through video tutorials.

Ottawa – A bilingual musical performance by Dominic Boudreau will be held at the Nepean Centrepointe branch (101 Centrepointe) on Sunday, January 24 at 2:00 p.m. for the Ottawa Public Library’s Family Literacy Day celebration. 

Ottawa – The Ottawa Public Library’s 21^st annual Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest is underway.  Writers between the ages of 9 and 17 must submit their work by February 15, 2016.

Toronto Public Library and Ottawa Public Library welcome Penguin Random House’s recently announced reduced ebook prices for libraries.

Ottawa – This morning, Ottawa City Council approved the Ottawa Public Library (OPL) 2016 operating and capital budget. The total budget envelope is $45.362M, with an additional $2.9M for planning related to the Central Library Development project.