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[caption id=“attachment_88971” align=“aligncenter” width=“545”] Ottawa Public Library Rosemount Branch. Photo via OPL.[/caption] (press release via Ottawa Public Library) The Rosemount branch of the Ottawa Public Library (OPL) is celebrating its 100th anniversary! This centennial anniversary marks a major milestone for the busy, popular branch serving the Hintonburg community through programs, cultural events, and activities that bring people in the neighbourhood together. ...

_ (press release) _ The latest statistics from the Ottawa Public Library show that people are using the Library at a growing rate, and accessing ever increasing amounts of digital content from the OPL. In its just released Annual Report, the OPL reports that the proportion of Ottawa residents actively using their OPL card rose to the highest level in three years. ...

_ (press release) _ The Ottawa Public Library is hosting an annual Short Story Contest for older adults.  Adults 50 years or older, who have a Library card, are eligible to enter. They are invited to submit a maximum of two short stories either in English or French. ...

_ (press release) _ 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. ...

_ (press release) _ 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-board-agenda-and-minutes At this meeting, which is open to the public and media, the Board will receive information on the next steps in the Central Library Development Project planning process. ...

_ (press release) _ The winners of this year’s Ottawa Public Library (OPL) Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest were announced yesterday, Tuesday, March 29, at Centrepointe Theatre. Prizes were handed out to honour Ottawa-area youth between the ages of 9 and 17 who submitted poems and/or short stories in French and/or English, between December 2015 and February 2016. ...

_ (press release) _ Canadian Public Libraries for Fair Ebook Pricing continue to advocate for more reasonable prices and terms for ebooks from multinational publishers with an open letter to Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan Publishers, Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster. ...

_ (Ottawa Public Library) _ 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.  Library card holders will be able to borrow and read American Sniper, the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U. ...

_ (via Ottawa Public Library) _ 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. ...

_ (via Ottawa Public Library) _ _ Ottawa Public Library partners with CBC to host Ottawa Human Library _ 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? ...