This month’s book club picks take inspiration from One eRead Canada, the nation-wide digital book club that is making Katherena Vermette’s The Break available to more than a thousand participating libraries across Canada for the month of April. Accompanying this free unlimited access will be a chat...
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Published on Apr 01, 2022 (Blog Entry)
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Published on Apr 01, 2022 (Blog Entry)Congratulations to Michelle Good for her 2022 Canada Reads win. After four days of discussions and debates, the Canada Reads panelists have crowned Five Little Indians by Michelle Good as the winner! Christian Allaire, the fashion writer from Nipissing First Nation, defended the story of five...
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Published on Mar 27, 2022 (Blog Entry)With this unusually cold weather preventing us from spending much time outdoors, now is the best time to warm up inside with a hot drink and a good book. These freezing temperatures give us a great excuse to get started on the CBC Canada Reads shortlist . This popular nationwide Battle of the Books...
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Published on Mar 29, 2022 (Database)600,000 words … 3.5 million quotations … over 1000 years of English The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely acknowledged to be the most authoritative and comprehensive record of the English language in the world. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000...
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Published on Mar 29, 2022 (Blog Entry)Every year, on or around Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday (April 2), International Children’s Book Day is celebrated to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children’s books. This year, IBBY Canada , the Canadian national chapter of the International Board on Books for Young People...
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Published on Mar 28, 2022 (Blog Entry)À la traîne en comparaison avec nos cousins de la France et avec le marché anglais, le livre audio francophone au Canada commence à prendre une plus grande place dans nos appareils mobiles. Les éditeurs francophones canadiens ont longtemps été frileux à s'aventurer dans ce monde, jugeant les coûts...
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Published on Mar 25, 2022 (Help Guide)
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Published on Mar 24, 2022 (OPL Page)Content to follow
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Published on Mar 22, 2022 (Mediaroom)OTTAWA- Every year, on or around Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday (April 2), International Children’s Book Day is celebrated to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children’s books. This year, IBBY Canada , the Canadian national chapter of the International Board on Books for Young...
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Published on Apr 20, 2022 (Blog Entry)Fairy tales are DARK. Whether it be the story of Hansel and Gretel, the adventures of Little Red Riding Hood, or something else, the stories you know and love are nothing like the originals. Nowadays, authors and filmmakers are careful to keep stories light and digestible for young audiences, but...
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Published on Mar 22, 2022 (Board Meeting)
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Published on Mar 22, 2022 (Board Meeting)
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Published on Mar 22, 2022 (Blog Entry)The 2022 Dublin Shortlist has been announced and OPLs contribution is on it! Noopiming: a Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a beautiful and important story about Indigenous life in the urban settler world, colonialism, climate change and connection. This is a challenging book...
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Published on Mar 21, 2022 (Equipment)Digitize your VHS cassette tapes and save to a DVD-R or DVD-RW disc. DVDs are available at the branch for $1.00 and hold 2 hours of video. This machine will only accept regular VHS cassettes.
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Published on Mar 18, 2022 (Blog Entry)#survivor #thrillers #scareyourshelf #Abbey&Charmaine Charmaine : Abbey, as I was driving to work today Destiny’s Child came on the radio with Survivor and it has me thinking about survivors and books about survival. Like the Riley Sager Final Girls type of book (or really, any Riley Sager!)...
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Published on Mar 23, 2022 (Blog Entry)INSURGENCE (by Veronica Roth): The second installment in the Divergent series is a thrilling and heart-pounding book that follows up on the devastating circumstances the main protagonists are in. The book starts after the revelation of Jeanine Matthews’ (leader of the Erudite clan) nefarious plan...
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Published on Mar 23, 2022 (OPL Page)
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Published on Apr 01, 2022 (Blog Entry)This year more than 1000 public libraries across Canada are getting together for the national bilingual digital book club, One eRead, from April 1 to 30, 2022. A Canada-wide team of librarians recommended a variety of titles and The Break by Katherena Vermette came out as the top choice. You'll be...
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Published on Mar 17, 2022 (Mediaroom)OTTAWA – Starting Monday, March 21, Ottawa Public Library (OPL) will offer enhanced in-person services in branches. These enhanced services include: Chromebook loan periods and public computer bookings increased to two hours Meeting rooms available at select locations Bookings can be made on the...
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Published on Mar 11, 2022 (Blog Entry)As we lurch from one significant event to the next, it can be heartbreaking to watch Ukrainians struggle in the midst of the current tragedy and global conflict. OPL invites you to learn more about this country, its history, its people and their culture through books, films and online language...