Library Cat has answers. Life, The Library… what’s the difference? If it’s out there, it’s in here!
Dear Library Cat,
How can I maintain my sense of well-being and stay grounded in a world so filled with bad news and fear? How can I start 2025 on a positive note?
Yours truly,
Overwhelmed
Dear Overwhelmed,
The Rideau Branch of the Ottawa Public Library has served the Lowertown and Sandy Hill neighbourhoods since it opened in 1934. On November 30th 2024, members of the local community gathered with us to celebrate the Branch’s 90th anniversary. Local history and culture was shared, stories were read, and cake was eaten.
The History
The 2024 edition of the Ottawa Book Awards has been written with three local authors winning the prestigious prize.
We are thrilled to celebrate the outstanding achievements of our local authors:
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Library Cat has answers. Life, The Library… what’s the difference? If it’s out there, it’s in here!
Dear Library Cat,
I read that October is Library Month. I haven’t been to the library since I finished school. Do you think I am missing out?
Yours truly,
Checked Out
The finalists for the 2024 Ottawa Book Awards have been announced. This year’s works showcase a diverse and compelling range of stories on the human experience and how it is shaped by life’s events – from familial ties and personal transformation to exploring one’s identity and societal changes.
These annual awards recognize the finest English and French books released in the previous year, authored by 13 local writers who exemplify Ottawa’s rich literary talent.
Library Cat has answers. Life, The Library... what's the difference? If it's out there, it's in here!
Dear Library Cat,
My relatives invited themselves to stay with me for much too long this summer! What should I do?
Yours truly,
FamilySearch is the largest genealogy organization in the world sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history.
Ottawa Public Library is now a FamilySearch Affiliate Library, this designation means library clients will now have greater and more convenient access to the wealth of genealogical resources available through FamilySearch at our 33 branches.
Benefits of an Affiliate Library
Worxica, a curated job vacancy archive, is Canada's first free big data job market research tool. It's built specifically for job seekers and recruiters. The tools is a curated, online archive of two million Canadian job vacancies advertised over the past year. It includes salaries, skills, and certification requirements and current job search data.
This digitized full-images archives of the Ottawa Citizen provides genealogists, researchers and general public with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
This will allow Ottawans to digitally travel back through the centuries to become eyewitnesses to our local history.
The Hilltimes.com – Canada’s political and government news service
Customers can access PDF versions of Ottawa's own twice-weekly newspaper, as well as previous, achieved issues back to 2004, or download and print a copy. They can also search articles dating back to 1989, and access PDF versions of the Embassy Archives from 2004 to 2016. The Hill Times absorbed Embassy magazine and doubled its print edition to be twice-a-week starting from April 2016.