Dear Library Community,

As we embrace the holiday season and welcome the new year, it’s only natural to reflect on the past year and to set some goals for the year ahead. One of our goals is to improve your user experience. With that, you may have already noticed our new online catalog. This catalog not only pulls results from all of our physical items, but also from our digital ones like Libby, Hoopla, and CloudLibrary. It groups like items together for less “digging” for what you are really looking for.

We will also be launching a new library website in mid-January. The address is the same, ofpl.info. We’ve streamlined the navigation and have included more accessibility features to better serve all of our patrons. I know change always has the potential to be frustrating, so bear with us as we roll out these changes and iron out any wrinkles that pop up. 

Warm regards,

Ryan Johnson

OFPL Director

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Teens

Ryan's Pick:

The Bone Houses

by Emily Lloyd-Jones

This spellbinding dark fantasy is set in an ancient forest, where a young gravedigger and a secretive mapmaker confront a dark curse that resurrects the dead. With rich world-building and compelling characters, it's a captivating journey into a realm where life and death intertwine. There’s also a goat!

Mae's Pick:

Layover Land: A Novel

by Gabby Noone

I love how Noone set up Purgatory to be an airport. It is a fantastic setting to represent the time between real life and the afterlife. Just like an actual airport: the amenities aren't great but not terrible, and you're always a little bit uncomfortable. The timeline of the main character's death is revealed just a little bit at a time and keeps you hooked!!

Owlfred's Corner

Join Owlfred each month to learn more about OFPL library staff.

This month he would like you to get to know him better.

What kind of music do you like? I enjoy Classic Rock!

If you could get rid of one month out of the year, which month would it be?

October, it's the middle of the molting season...ugh.

If you could speak any language, what would it be? Icelandic

What fictional book world would you be a part of? Guardians of Ga'Hoole, I would love to explore the Kingdom of Tyto.

Other than a great selection of books, what is something our library offers that you find exceptional? Fishing poles, Owls love to fish!

2024 Adult

Reading Challenge

Join our year-long reading challenge for adults! We will give you ideas, but you read what you want within that month’s prompt. We will have fun monthly prizes and a big drawing at the end of the year!

We Are Closed:

• January 1
• January 15

No items are due on days we are closed. Held items will not expire during our closure.

Happy New Year!