Onondaga Free Library

09/14/2026

9/14/26: OFL is closing at 5:00 pm today due to unforseen circumstances.

09/14/2026

Ever wonder what your friendly OFL staff is reading? You're in luck- Check back here on Mondays as we share a staff reading recommendation 🤩

This week, our Youth Services Librarian, Abigail recommends “The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession” by Michael Finkel.

Tell us in the comments what you're currently reading 👇

09/13/2026

💝 Happy Grandparents Day! 💝

09/12/2026

Join us Saturday, 9/19 at 11am as local historian Dennis Heaphy returns to OFL. This time, Dennis will be delving into the rich heritage of the Statue of Liberty while sharing fascinating stories and technical insights from his personal hands-on restoration work on the monument. Join us to celebrate local expertise and American history! 🗽

For adults & teens (13+) | Registration requested- https://onlib-onondaga.libcal.com/event/17322933

09/11/2026

Such a beautiful project 💖🇺🇸

September 11, 2001 was 25 years ago. But if you lived through that day, it doesn’t feel like it. StoryCorps started recording survivors and the families of victims just a few years after, with the goal of archiving one interview for each person lost. We dug through more than two decades of those r...

09/11/2026

25 years later, we remember September 11, 2001 — a day that changed our nation forever. These books, along with so many others, pay tribute to the lives lost, the grieving families and friends together with the rest of the nation. 🇺🇸🗽

09/10/2026

The inspiration for "OCPL: The Passport"

09/09/2026

"OCPL: The Passport" starts NOW 📍📚

You can pick up a passport at any library and while you are there you will get your passport "stamped" for that library. Then venture out and hit up the rest of the Onondaga County Public Libraries to fill up your passport and earn a prize!

Each library has it's own trading card with fun fact and information on it as well. Collect them all!

09/07/2026

Ever wonder what we at OFL are reading? You're in luck- Check back here on Mondays as we share staff reading recommendations 🤩

While we celebrate Labor Day Weekend, we recommend “The Art of Happiness at Work” by his Holiness, the (14th) Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler, MD.

Tell us in the comments what you're currently reading 👇

09/06/2026

Happy Labrado....LABOR DAY WEEKEND!! 👩‍⚕️👏👨‍💼👏👷‍♀️👏👨🏿‍🏭 🐶