Olean Public Library

No wait list for The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade from February 7 - 21, thanks to the Together We Read program! The book club connects readers in the U.S. with the same book at the same time without any waitlists or holds. Join the book discussion at https://togetherweread.com/us/join-the-discussion/ #TogetherWeRead

Hey Night Owls what are you reading?

Blood Drive at the Olean Public Library on Friday, July 2 from 125 pm Make an appointment by visiting the website www.redcrossblood.org and typing OPLibrary in the Make Your Appointment search bar. Donors always receive a great giveaway gift!

EDIT: Everything is back up and running!! We are having some internet issues. Wifi and computers are down for the time being. Sorry for any inconvenience!!

THEN & NOW: a biweekly post series celebrating 150 years of history with the Olean Public Library! #oleanlibrary150th In 1908, while preparations were underway for the new Carnegie library building, the library board approved assistant librarian Maud D. Brooks to take the position of librarian; she would be the library director for 33 years. Miss Brooks then supervised the relocation of all the library collections into the second floor of the City Hall, where the library w...ould continue to serve the public until the new structure was completed. By mid-1909, preparations for the new Carnegie building took constant work. Board president W. H. Mandeville was corresponding with the architect, Edward H. Tilton, and local stone suppliers and contractors several times a week. Shown here is Tilton’s sketch of the building’s cornerstones. The cornerstone ceremony was scheduled for July 3, 1909 and was organized by local members of the Masonic lodge. In the typewritten history of the event, it is said that Mr. D. L. Jewell of the Olean lodge of Masons presented to state's Grand Master, Nelson Sawyer of Palmyra, a "handsome silver trowel fittingly engraved to be used by him in spreading the cement under the cornerstone and to be kept as a memento of the occasion. Where might Mr. Sawyer's commemorative trowel be now? We'd love to see it someday.

We're hearing reports of germination for those Forget-Me-Not grow kits we distributed for a kids STEAM project! If your family took a kit, send us a photo!

Interested in opening a day care? Take this free webinar to learn all about how to do it.

Where's your favorite place to read?

Getting ready for StrOlean tomorrow....June 4th 230 to 7pm near Bluebird Square. C u there! PS Plant Swap at 6pm!!!!!

Olean residents, please remember to vote today for your school board and library board candidates!

No video for this week's craft, but come pick up a kit to paint your own wind chime! Everything is included to create one windchime. Please limit two per person so that we have enough to go around!!

Call, email, message us, or stop by our Information Desk to check out a free seat in the Skillshare database for two weeks. You'll have access to 25,000 video tutorials and classes in over 30 categories of learning. We have some local families who've used Skillshare to teach art skills at home this year. Check out what you can learn! https://www.skillshare.com/

The City of Olean announces the 2021 Music in the Park Series! Lincoln Park concerts will be starting tomorrow---Thursday June 3rd at 6:30 PM.

Thank you, Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation, for all you do for our communities!