This year, let’s grow together! Let OPL help you kick off the year with new ideas, books, and experiences to explore. The library has many resources to help you accomplish some (or all) of your goals. Here are a few examples of how OPL can help to make 2025 your best year yet!
Read more
Reading has been shown to make people happier, less stressed, and more empathetic, so it's no surprise that many want to spend more time with a good book. Challenge yourself by stepping out of your reading comfort zone with the 2025 Reading Challenge, opens a new window, or gather a group of readers and start your own book club, opens a new window with OPL’s book club bags. You can also try reading in a new format, like exploring a graphic novel or listening to an audiobook for the first time.
Get organized
Find tips and tricks for decluttering and cleaning using books about organizing, opens a new window in OPL’s collection. If a calendar would help you organize your schedule, pick up a 2025 Early Literacy Calendar at your local branch or request one at your next curbside pickup.
Learn new skills
Explore new skills with OPL’s online resource center! Whether you're interested in learning a new language, discovering your family history, or advancing your professional abilities, we have the resources you need. With Mango Languages, you can master over 70 languages at your own pace, with immersive, real-world lessons. Additionally, LinkedIn Learning offers courses to enhance your business, technical, and creative skills—from leadership and project management to graphic design and digital marketing. Achieve your personal and professional goals with OPL’s tools and resources today!
Explore New Films
Explore Kanopy, OPL’s free streaming service, and enjoy a wide selection of critically acclaimed movies, inspiring documentaries, award-winning foreign films, and more. Whether you're looking for thought-provoking content or just something to relax with, Kanopy has something for everyone. Sign up for free with your OPL library card and start streaming today!
Take a vacation
Is the new year inspiring you to finally start checking more destinations off your travel bucket list? Check out these great titles, opens a new window for some travel inspiration! And don’t forget to download your favorite OPL digital materials, opens a new window to take along with you.
Slow down and simplify
Do you find yourself exhausted after the holiday season? Get off that hamster wheel of crazy busyness, crumple your constant to-do list and stop to take in the moment…after reading these helpful titles, opens a new window of course!
Whatever 2025 has in store, there are endless ways that OPL can help you achieve your personal and professional goals. With new locations, expanded resources, and our dedicated staff, we’re ready to support you every step of the way. Don’t forget—staff are available to answer questions via AskOPL online chat, opens a new window or over the phone at 402.444.4800. If you have favorite ways of utilizing your local library, feel free to share a photo or post and tag @OmahaLibrary on Facebook, opens a new window, Instagram, opens a new window, or Threads!
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