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OWWL2Go: Overdrive App to Be Replaced

If you use the Overdrive app for OWWL2Go digital eBooks and audiobooks, now is the time to switch to the Libby App. All Overdrive App use with OWWL2Go ends April 30!

Don’t worry. The Libby App is already being used by thousands of library users. Switching is easy!

Step 1: Download the free Libby app on your device’s app store.

Step 2: Open up the Libby app. Find your library and sign in with your library card number.

Step 3: Start searching. See your Overdrive loans, holds, and wish list items on your new Libby “Shelf.”

We can help:

  • Ask the librarian at the front desk for help getting and installing the App;
  • Sign up for demonstration session and help to be scheduled in April. Watch for updates in our email newsletter or check our Events Calendar.
  • Stop in for Open Tech Time with Staff being scheduled weekly and also listed with Events.
  • You may also call and request a 15-minute tech appointment at 315-524-8381. A staff member will confirm an available time.

3/17/2023

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Income Tax Prep Available

Finger Lakes Community Action representatives will be at OPL to assist with preparation of personal 2022 IRS and NYS income taxes, weekly through April 1, 2023, Wednesdays from 1:00 to 3:00pm. After meeting to discuss and drop off your documents, all documents are securely stored and/or transferred for off-site preparation. Drop-off is during the posted times.

Look over this information to arrive prepared to submit your documents for filing help with serving staff or volunteers.

Bring with you to your DROP-OFF:

  • Copy of your 2020 & 2021 tax returns
  • Proof of Identity for all individuals on the tax returns (Driver’s License or other government issued photo ID)
  • All forms, W-2, 1098, 1099, and 1095A, 1099-G (unemployment) & 1099-SSA (Social Security)
  • Information for other income
  • Identification number for child care provider
  • Information for deductions/credits
  • Proof of account for direct deposit of refund (e.g.voided check)
  • Social Security Card and/or ITIN notices/cards for you, your spouse, and dependents
  • Documentation for Economic Impact Payment (EIP) also known as Stimulaus Money
  • PROOF/Documentation REQUIRED IF:
    • You have children, and receive Advanced Child Tax Credit; Letter 6419
    • Received Education credits 1098-T Tuition Statement
    • Paid student Loan Interest
    • Made Charitable Donations
    • Paid Property Tax   

All in-take staff and preparers are affiliated with Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE),

Service is made available with grant funding and delivered through collaborative efforts of Finger Lakes Community Action, TCE, its volunteers and staff as well as staff of the Ontario Public Library.

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Books by Mail

While Ontario Public Library continues to offer our personalized services in selection, delivery, and returning library materials to homebound resident patrons. NYS Talking Book and Braille Library is offering library service by U.S. Post for eligible residents of upstate who are unable to use standard print materials due to a visual, physical or reading disability. Serviced through the NYS Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL), the collection offers residents books, audio books, magazines and materials in alternative formats for readers and those learning to read of all ages. See more here

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Ancestry LE Remote Access Ends for Family Research

Begun with the Covid pandemic in the spring of 2020, free home-based genealogy research with Ancestry.com has ended. The database provider, ProQuest officially announced free remote access to the Ancestry LE will ended December 31, 2021.

There is good news. You can continue use of this database services funded by The Central Library (GPL), and Pioneer Library System.

[Read more…] about Ancestry LE Remote Access Ends for Family Research