News from the Library
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This week's highlights
🌞Summer closure Monday, August 4 - Colonel By Day
🎉 Special event: Spend your Summer at the Library
🎯 Upcoming programs and events
For adults
🍁Pick up and mail a postcard from our Destination: Canada display
For families
🔴⚪ Passport to adventure: Poland – Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 2 pm, drop-in.
⭐Chinese family storytime and stay & play | 親子中文故事時間及親子遊戲活動 | 亲子中文故事时间及亲子游戏活动 - Mondays at 10:30 am. Drop-in
🐻Bilingual family storytime, Saturday, July 19th from 10:30 - 11 am. Drop-in.
For teens
🎮 Teen baming/Jeux vidéos pour ados - Wednesday, July 23rd, Drop-in anytime between 1:30 – 4:30 pm.
🎲 Youth Scrabble – Tuesday, July 24th from 3 - 4:30 pm. Drop-in. For Ages 10-18.
💻 Digital resources: 🎬Hoopla
With Hoopla, your library card lets you watch your favourite motion picture films, television shows, complete music albums, graphic novels & comics. The collection includes current and past hits, as well as classics. Sign-up is quick and easy. Thanks to OPL, access is FREE. Happy viewing!
All you need is:
Your valid library card number (and PIN if required)
A valid email address
📖 This month's staff pick
Looking for a summer literary ramble? Lazily wander the streets of London, visit the French Riviera or hike the Pacific Crest Trail with these sweltering summer books. Check out the list of Summer sure bets
💡Library services spotlight: Interlibrary loans
Can’t find the book you are looking for? The Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Service allows Ottawa Public Library card holders to borrow items not found in our collection from other libraries in other regions. Read their FAQs HERE
📗Lecteurs francophones – Flipster
Trouvez des magazines actuels, entre autres, Ricardo, Les Explorateurs, l’actualité, et le magazine Véro à partir de cet appli.