The Ontario Public Library now offers Parking Lot Pick up. This contactless service allows the pick up of items requested through holds by appointment. The designated pick up location will be at the south door of the Library/Town Hall Facility (the back Parking Lot).
Beginning Monday, June 29
Pickup appointments will be scheduled each half-hour
Monday through Friday,
10am – 3:30pm
We will expand these hours in future phases
Face masks are required per order of Wayne County while in the Town Hall/Library facility and outside of your car.
Select books, audiobooks, DVDs and music before you come to the library:
Join our virtual Summer Reading Program. While Ontario Public Library continues to be physically closed until further notice, all our members and friends, children, teens, and adults can celebrate this year’s theme, Imagine Your Story, by logging their reading, earning prizes, and participating in special virtual programs and activities that will get everyone into our shared stories.
READSquared is the a web site we are using for our Summer Reading Program. The READSquared site allows users to engage in reading challenges, log reading hours and books, earn badges and prizes.
Create your username and password using your email
Remember to write down your username and password
And store the information in a safe place
Sign up for one of our 4 groups
PreReader: Birth to age 5
Kids: Ages 5-12
Teens: Ages 12-17
Adults: Ages 17+
After signing up, you will start earning badges for reading and completing virtual events and missions. Remember to follow the instructions for the missions and events to complete your badges.
Summer Reading by Age Group
PreReaders – Birth to age 5
Record number of books read
Receive a badge for every 10 books you read
Two new games will be unlocked for every badge earned
One prize winner will be chosen randomly from all group badge winners
Winners selected weekly starting July 6
Kids – Ages 5-12
Record number of minutes read
Receive a badge for every 100 minutes read
Two new games will be unlocked for every badge earned
One prize winner will be chosen randomly from all group badge winners
Winners selected weekly starting July 6
Teens – Ages 12-17
Record number of minutes read
Receive a badge for every 100 minutes read
Two new games will be unlocked for every badge earned
One prize winner will be chosen randomly from all group badge winners
Winners selected weekly starting July 6
Adults – Ages 17+
Record number of books read
Receive a badge for every book read
Two new games will be unlocked for every badge earned
2020 being a special year, you will be rewarded
with badges,
virtual game,
and the satisfaction and pleasure of knowing how much you’ve read.
Especially for Youth: Miss Anne will be hosting fun activities and events on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel. Storytimes and more can be viewed there.
Especially for Adults: Virtual programs scheduled for adult participation will be posted on our website and on our new events calendar (Coming Soon).
Our next virtual gardening class on 7 Easy Seeds to Succession Sow with Petra is coming up! Register to receive your personal invitation and meeting link.
These are Zoom meetings. All participants will be sent a program invitation to the email provided unless the program has filled to capacity. In this case, an email will be sent to notify you the class has been filled. No patron email addresses will be shared.
Two sessions remain this summer
July 10, Wednesday 3:00 : Seven Easy Seeds to Succession Sow
August 14, Tuesday 3:00 : Sowing Autumn Abundance in August
The classes are being offered cooperatively thanks to outreach by Wood Library, sharing of the Zoom platform by Macedon Public Library and program funding by Ontario Public Library for Ontario registrants.
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