In 2021, OPL invites patrons to take part in the Reading Challenge! For each challenge, OPL offers suggestions for titles to listen to or read. As you’re working through the challenge, feel free to tag @omahalibrary on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook to let us know which read you picked up this month! This reading challenge…
Experience StoryWalks® at Lauritzen Gardens and Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Saddlebrook Branch Manager Julie Humphrey (formerly OPL’s youth and family services manager) first learned about StoryWalk® at a conference in 2015, when the Kellogg-Hubbard Library system began promoting the idea. Humphrey thought it would work well in Omaha, but knew that OPL did not have the capacity or resources at the time. She thought of…
Omaha Public Library permanently eliminates daily overdue fines
On March 18, 2021, the Omaha Public Library Board of Trustees unanimously voted in favor of a resolution to make OPL fines free permanently.
Participate in the 2021 City Nature Challenge
This post was contributed by Youth Services Librarian Ashley Hamernik. The City Nature Challenge began as a small, friendly competition between the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco five years ago. Today, it’s an international event that encourages people to find and document wildlife and plants in and around their cities. This year, Omaha…
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