Provincial State of Emergency: Impact to OPL Services

13/01/2021

OPL services have not been impacted by the provincial announcement on Tuesday, January 12. Curbside returns and holds pickup services will continue at open branches.

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All of OPL’s staff recommendations in one page. You can browse the different lists based on topics, format or genres, or you can read some of the more detailed blog posts about specific items. If you can’t find what you are looking for, you can always #AskALibrarian online or in a branch!

 

Recent Staff Lists

Coups de cœur 2021

Date Created:
18/11/2020
By
OPL_BPO_Zoe

Canada Reads 2021 Contenders

Date Created:
14/01/2021
By
Collection_Development

Fête/ Holiday: Noël / Christmas

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By
Program1Karine

Short & Not So Sweet

Date Created:
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By
abbeyclark

LOANS STARS January & February 2021 Top Picks

Date Created:
12/01/2021
By
charmaine_library

Sunnyside Bookworms 2019-20

Date Created:
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Caitlin_Sunnyside

Fun Books to Boost Your Mood

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Mental Health for Teens

Date Created:
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By
bandblair

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Date Created:
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By
NG_Celia

Series for the Kid at Heart ♥

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By
celiarheault

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By
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World War II

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By
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Date Created:
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By
celiarheault

Pierre Lapin

Date Created:
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By
Biblio_Kris

Great New Horror Books

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ASW Reading Circle 2021/22

Date Created:
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By
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Date Created:
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By
CMCAT

A picture book every day!

Date Created:
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By
CMCAT

Les coups de coeur de Danielle McDonald

Date Created:
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By
CD_Librarian

Spotlight on...

New Tales for Teens

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What If We Were

Canadian

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Become You : 1
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Bleach : Can't Fear your Own World. I
https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781947808027/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780525646761/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

The Montague Twins : The Witch's Hand

Canadian

https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781506706702/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

Avatar™ : Tsu'tey's Path
https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593121535/LC.GIF&client=ottap&t...

Influence.
https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781547601318/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

Dreamland : The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic

Non-fiction

Winter wonderland

https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781534445956/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

Crow & Snow
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The Reindeer Girl
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Little Owl's Snow

A read-along book

https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780823440993/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

Once Upon A Winter Day
https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780007580460/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

White Boots
https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781419742033/LC.GIF&client=ottap&t...

Snow birds
https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781443443982/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

The Greatest Gift

e-book

https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781442417427/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

No Two Alike

New Ideas for the Coming New Year

https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780807041307/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat
https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780374166632/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

The Great Indoors : The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness
https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062987648/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

Girl Gurl Grrrl : On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic
https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781477313138/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back : Dilemmas of the Modern Fan
https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250276759/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

Long Time Coming : Reckoning With Race in America
https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780774865357/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

The Theatre of Regret : Literature, Art, and the Politics of Reconciliation in Canada
https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781940696959/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

DMZ Colony
https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780807750223/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

Black Youth Rising : Activism and Radical Healing in Urban America

Countdown to Christmas

Teatime Holidays

The Cottage Journal® : Holiday Home
https://media.biblioottawalibrary.ca/covers/sept2019/CuisineAtHomeHolidayBaking....

Cuisine at home. Holiday baking
https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=xw12&oclc...

Messe de Noël : Christmas Mass = Christmette

DVD

https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=xw12&oclc...

Christmas oratorio : cantatas I-VI = Weihnachtsoratorium

DVD

The English Home : December
https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781443175708/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

A Porcupine in A Pine Tree Collection

Children's book

What A Wonderful Christmas

Streaming music

Crochet World® : Christmas

The Christmas Album

Streaming music

Check out the latest in non-fiction for adults

https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593187760/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

The Paper Solution : What to Shred, What to Save, and How to Stop It From Taking Over your Life
https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781682686027/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

Sam the Cooking Guy : Recipes With Intentional Leftovers
https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780228003885/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

Sound and Noise : A Listener's Guide to Everyday Life
https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781772124927/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

A White Lie
https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781632172501/MC.GIF&client=sepup&t...

Unsettled Ground : The Whitman Massacre and Its Shifting Legacy in the American West

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