Central Library - Onondaga County Public Libraries

📣 WORKSHOP at Central Library: Tuesday, July 30th (5:30 - 7:00 PM): In this workshop, Cjala Surratt will utilize a curated selection of images and vintage garments sourced from the clothing store, the Black Citizens Brigade. By examining attire throughout history, participants will gain insight into how clothing choices have been used to challenge & reshape traditional gender roles. Register here: https://onlib-central.libcal.com/calendar/central/blackcitizensbrigade

Say hi 👋 to our OCPL friends while you're out and about at the Downtown Syracuse Farmer's Market today!

Every Tuesday Afternoon at 3pm in the KidSpace
Ages 3 and up
Each week we'll use different building materials to expand your creative building and design skills including LEGO®, Rigamajig, Keva Planks, and more!
Walk-ins Welcome!

Read to a Therapy Dog this Summer! In collaboration with Pet Partners of CNY.
Wednesdays July 10th and 24th at 10:30am in the Laptop Lab. Read with Clayton, a 7-year-old goldendoodle. He loves cuddles, the river, and working with Pet Partners!
Wednesdays August 7th and 21st at 10:30am in the Laptop Lab. Read to Molly, a 4.5-year-old German Shepherd Hound mix. Molly loves to go for a hike when we are camping. She’s always on the alert for squirrels and chipmunks. Her favorite spot is on the couch.

Bubblemania hit White Branch today with a fun “Indiana Jones” themed program in 2024: you know, because Adventure Begins at Your Library! Mr. Doug was hilarious and lots of smiles and laughter this afternoon.

Due to unforeseen heat issues, Paine Branch is closed until July 8th.

This week at the Farmer’s Market: Cucumbers are the produce item of the week, and we have a series of Cuke buttons… for FREE!

We are getting the word out about Summer Reading to the various media entities all over Onondaga County! Ted and Amy of 93Q had us on this morning and we talked about cool events at Solvay, an event with Disney's Belle at Tully Free, a T-Swift party at Northern Onondaga Public Library (NOPL) North Syracuse, and a whole host of other cool events planned over the next 6 weeks or so.

Onondaga County Public Library News - 93 Q Don't let the kids stagnate this summer. Send them to the library! Tom Walters from the Onondaga County Public Library fills us in on the summer fun! www.onlib.org

Visit the Central Library to read our StoryWalk, "Wonder Walkers" by Micha Archer. We're partnering with the Literacy Coalition of Onondaga County to bring this family activity to you this summer. "Wonder Walkers" can be read through August 30th.

Our Summer Reading Kick-Off Party is just getting started! 🌞🌞🌞

Visit us between 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. to use the buttons maker, make shaving cream marbled bookmarks, and get your kids signed up for Summer Reading at OCPL Central!

This is is just the start of several tech camps we'll have in the MakerSpace this summer! The next one will be a Robotics Camp with CNY Robotics on July 22 - 24th at 1:00 p.m. 🎮🕹💻

Register here: https://onlib-central.libcal.com/event/12586912

Nature and imagination combine in the "Wonder Walkers (Caminantes Curioses)," the Caldecott Honor book by Micha Archer. 🍃🌬️📚 You'll get your steps in, and read the story by following the numbered pages, located on the 1st and 2nd floors of OCPL Central Library!

Check out these stunning watercolor paintings by artist Judith Hand throughout July at OCPL Central. 🖼️🎨🖌️

Music Studio Training is canceled for 5/28 unfortunately because of staff unavailability, but fear not! Pretty soon we'll have you in here looking as cool as Mr. Keith laying down some hot tracks. 👍👍

Our sewing machines are now available! Cadence made these really neat coasters using our sewing machine -- pretty cool stuff!

Call us at 315-435-1900 (1813) or email us at [email protected] if you need to use our sewing machines.

Check out Literary Fiction by authors of Asian and Pacific Islander descent, in honor of !

Visit in person, or browse some matching titles here
👉👉👉 https://bit.ly/3JYZBKN

We hope you'll join us for making Pressed Flower Mother's Day Cards today, at 2 p.m. in the MakerSpace today! 🌸🌹🌺🌸🌻🌸

In April's MakerSpace programs, we explored 60s colors and themes with our groovy 60s wallpapers, and we made crafty cactus ring holders!

We'll continue crafting tomorrow, and make Pressed Flower Mother's Day cards. 🌼🌸🌺🪻🌷🌼

Jackie made a neat skull on one of our 3D printers! Check it out!

Please contact us about your 3D printing projects by emailing us at [email protected], and please come to our 3D printing training every Friday afternoon from 2-4 PM.

We had a lot of fun ahead of the solar eclipse last week in the making themed shirts and mug with our Cricut machine -- check out Mona and her cool Total Solar Eclipse 24 collectibles!

OCPL Central staff celebrate the eclipse in style!🌕🌞🕶️

If you are looking for a sun and moon that you can look at, without damaging your eyes…. Stop by Central Library, where our staff is doing a little celestial cosplay!

We're gearing up for the solar eclipse on Monday with a photo booth in the KidSpace! Stop by and take a fun photo with the props and commemorate the event.

We had fun making Hot Air Balloons with Arc of Onondaga! We'll be making them again today at 2 p.m. in the MakerSpace!

Come to our Cricut program tomorrow at the Makerspace! We're making Commemorative Solar ☀️🌔Eclipse swag. 😎

Make a commemorative Eclipse 2024 shirt or mug! | Onondaga County Public Libraries The Central Library offers access to its catalog, the Internet, word processing, all print resources and more through special technologies designed for use by people with disabilities. Call 315-435-1900 to make an appointment or for more information, or visit the Adaptive Technologies page for detai...

Meet Terrance -- he is on a tear in our recording studio at the Makerspace and is 2 songs into making that so-important first mixtape! Sounds promising so far..🤩🤩🤩

You can contact us about your music recording projects at 315-435-1900 (1813) or [email protected].

It's been a great March so far! 🥳🥳🥳 Visit us at Central!

More than Just Books: Makerspace at the Central Library for music and art The makerspace offers both musical and artistic opportunities for people who want to learn and play. Librarians want the community to feel encouraged to utilize

A very cool aerial from our Kim Drone of the OCPL group marching and chanting during the parade!

We're grateful to all of the groups that participated in our monthly "Your Community Health Resources" tabling program this year!

If you missed them today, visit us this Wednesday, from 12 - 2 p.m. to access a new set of community groups and their resources!

KidSpace at OCPL Central Library has a fun new holiday addition - a Photo Booth! Come take a festive photo using our holiday backdrop and fun props!

If you post any of your photos, feel free to tag us at OCPL Central Library

Our second holiday whiparound visit takes us East….. to Fayetteville’s library.

They have a lot for everyone, and some wonderful charitable initiatives. A mitten tree to help those at Vera House and a toy drop off box.

You can also find some exquisite ornaments and books for holiday baking and cooking suggestions.

Special thank to KC at Baldwinsville Library for clearing some space at their children's area, and making a sizable donation to the SYR Reading Runway.

We are fully stocked as people begin to make their holiday journeys through the air.

The holiday whiparound finds itself up near the University today.

Petit Branch has a very fun and festive window display, and there are holiday books for every palate.

And like the two for Tuesday, we will look at a second library on Thursdays as well…. So stay tuned!

The holiday whiparound brings us back into Syracuse today, as we look at Beauchamp Branch.

Not only the festive decorations, but the super cute kid creations are on display. And, this past Saturday there were some dignitaries on sight to help light the tree outside.

And if we are doing East Syracuse, chances are good we will post up Minoa Library as well.

They have a great tree, stockings for all the good librarians, and a cool little candy cane scavenger hunt for the little ones…. Where you can win: a candy cane!

Two for Tuesday on the whiparound: Massive festive decorations at the East Syracuse Free Library.

Love the decoration made from the book pages.

Alert: Today's (12/5) Emergency Preparedness program (from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.) at Betts Branch Library has been cancelled.