Covid-19 – Maxwell Memorial Library

June Art exhibit: Christine Patsos

May 25, 2022 By ml-admin

Art in the Time of the Pandemic
Drawings and Paintings by Christine Patsos
May 31 through June 30

Christine Patsos, who has held exhibits at Maxwell in the past of both her own and her students’ work, shares this about June’s exhibit in her artist’s statement:

My art has been my creative companion in the solitude of the pandemic. Since the shutdown of March 2020, I completed all the work seen in this show. Most of my subjects I found within a mile of my home.
Many of my works are mixed media: ink and watercolor, colored pencil, and watercolor, and sometimes all three. I also work in colored pencil or watercolor alone.
Christine Patsos

The exhibit is free and open to the public. Please plan your visit when there are no regularly scheduled events in our Community Room.

Image credits:
Aqueduct Over Nine-Mile Creek
Watercolor by Christine Patsos

Airborne Infectious Disease Exposure Prevention Plan

August 24, 2021 By ml-admin

In compliance with the NYS HERO Act, Maxwell has developed its Airborne Infectious Disease Exposure Prevention Plan.

Adopted August 16, 2021.

NY HERO ACT Airborne Infectious Disease Plan – 2021-08-09 Download

Image credits:
Generic Influenza Virus – 3D View – Full – One Color by the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)
License: Public Domain in the US as a work of the federal government

Masks Required Again 😷

August 12, 2021 By ml-admin

Since the 14 day rolling averages of COVID cases in Onondaga County has gotten to above 3 percent, Maxwell will be requiring masks again.

Starting Monday, August 16, everyone in the building must wear a mask. We still have curbside pickup as an option for those who prefer not to come into the building.

Photo Credit:
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by Alissa Eckert & Dan Higgins (both of CDC)
License: Public Domain as a work by the US government

Walk-In Visits: Our Top-Five List!

May 25, 2021 By ml-admin

Maxwell is open for appointment-free browsing!
The public computers in the adult room are also available for walk-in use.
Curbside pickup remains available as an option.
Library programming will remain virtual for a while longer, but the library’s study rooms may be reserved for one to three people, depending on the room.
Library hours will return to the normal Monday through Thursday closing time of 8 PM, effective June 1!

There is a limit on how many people can be in the building at one time. When capacity is reached, arriving patrons will be asked to wait until someone leaves before they come inside.

Visitors to the library must continue to adhere to accepted COVID-19 safety protocols, including

Proper wearing of facial coverings by unvaccinated people
Social distancing
Hand sanitizing

From the Archives…

April 28, 2021 By ml-admin

In getting ready for appointment-free browsing starting May 3, Rena & Alyssa have been moving some things out of public spaces that had become de facto storage during the past year. In the course of doing that, this blast from the past turned up:

Statistics for February 1922 showing total circulation for the month of 4 juvenile non-fiction, 39 adult fiction, and 20 juvenile fiction items. Cursive comment reads 'Closed because of scarlet fever'. — Maxwell’s Record of Books Borrowed for February 1922

We are in the process of going through our old records and found this! 99 years ago, February 1922, we were closed due to scarlet fever. While it was only for a month, Covid was not the first time we were closed for health concerns.
From our Facebook page

Maxwell to Reopen Open Again for Walk-In Visits on May 3

April 13, 2021 By ml-admin

Need help signing up for your COVID-19 vaccine?

March 23, 2021 By ml-admin

Maxwell Memorial Library can help!

Call the library at 315-672-3661 and sign up for a computer appointment.
Let the staff know you will need help signing up for a vaccine.
Appointments are available during the following hours:
Monday–Thursday 10–6
Friday 10–4
Saturday 10–2

Browsing appointments to return are back!

February 12, 2021 By ml-admin

Beginning Tuesday, February 16, Maxwell will again be able to offer patrons the ability to come into the library to browse the collection or to use the computers.

The structure will be the same as it was in the fall:

You will need an appointment. Call us at 315-672-3661 to set one up.
Appointments are for 45 minutes, beginning on the hour
Everyone in your group aged 2 and above will have to wear a mask covering their mouth and nose

The statistic that the Board and Director are watching in deciding whether to remain open is Onondaga County’s 14 day rolling average for the proportion of Covid tests coming back positive. Barring other monkey wrenches, we plan to offer physical access to the library as long as that number stays below 4%. This is the same criterion that the Syracuse libraries and many other suburban libraries are using in making their decisions about reopening and remaining open.

You can follow that number at https://forward.ny.gov/percentage-positive-results-county-dashboard

Covid Vaccine Scam Alert

December 22, 2020 By ml-admin

With the Covid vaccines’ becoming available, JoAnne Spoto Decker, Deputy Commissioner and Executive Director of the Office for Aging has shared the following alert:

It is life-saving news that the COVID-19 vaccine is starting to be administered in our area, across NYS, our country and the world.

At this time, the Office for Aging is concerned that our senior population may be targeted with COVID-19 vaccine related scams. It is essential that we alert the public of likely schemes and provide them with information on how they can protect themselves:

You likely will not need to pay anything out of pocket to get the vaccine during this public health emergency.
You cannot pay to put your name on a list to get the vaccine.
You cannot pay to get early access to the vaccine.
No one from Medicare or the Health Department with contact you.
No one from a vaccine distribution site or health care payer, like a private insurance company, will call you asking for your Social Security number or your credit card or bank account information to sign you up to get the vaccine.
Beware of providers offering other products, treatments, or medicines to prevent the virus. Check with your health care provider before paying for or receiving any COVID-19-related treatment.
If you get a call, text, email — or even someone knocking on your door — claiming they can get you early access to the vaccine, STOP. That’s a scam.

Please reach out to the Office for Aging (315-435-2362) if you become aware of any local, COVID-19 vaccine-related scams.

Image credit:
Illustration of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
by Alissa Eckert and Dan Higgins (both with CDC)
License: Public Domain

Library Services During the Pandemic — Update

December 14, 2020 By ml-admin

Camillus is still in a Yellow Zone, as determined by New York Forward, but our Board has decided to get ahead of the curve by returning to curbside service only.

Effective Monday, December 21, we will no longer be available for browsing, computer use, or study room use. We will still have:

Curbside pickup

Reserve material either online or by calling us. When it is ready for pickup, the system will notify you. Then you can call us and schedule a time to pick it up.

Ebooks, eaudio, and so on

Overdrive, Hoopla, the databases that OCPL subscribes to, …

All of these electronic resources will continue to be available.

Library Services During the Pandemic

December 1, 2020 By ml-admin

Camillus is now in a Yellow Zone, as determined by New York Forward, but the Yellow Zone restrictions still allow us to continue the level of services we have been providing. Those services are:

Curbside pickup

Reserve material either online or by calling us. When it is ready for pickup, the system will notify you. Then you can call us and schedule a time to pick it up.

Coming into the library to
- Browse for material to check out
- Use a computer
- Use a study room

We have limited capacity for patrons to come in, so we ask that you call ahead (315-672-3661) to schedule a time.

Ebooks, eaudio, and so on

Overdrive, Hoopla, the databases that OCPL subscribes to, …

All of these continue to be available.

College Planning During COVID

November 3, 2020 By ml-admin

Thursday, November 5
8:00 to 9:00 PM
Virtual program on Zoom
Free
Registration required

The college process has been turned on its head since the appearance of the novel coronavirus, which has created both challenges to and opportunities for reducing college cost.

If you’d like to learn more about finding the right career and major, understanding the new college environment, and minimizing debt, this is the seminar for you. John Decker, a consultant with College Assistance Plus, leads this interactive virtual presentation for students, parents, educators, and financial advisors.

Grab-‘n’-Go Printing

August 17, 2020 By ml-admin

We are no longer offering this service

During the Covid pandemic, some Maxwell patrons who don’t own a printer may be reluctant to use our public computers when they need to print documents. In order to keep our printer accessible to the largest number of our patrons, we are offering a printing pick-up service.

You can submit documents by attaching them to an email addressed to printing@maxwellmemoriallibrary.org

Then call us at 315-672-3661 to schedule a time to pick your job up.

Costs

Costs are the same as for printing when you’re at the library:

25¢ per side B&W
50¢ per side color

You can have the charges put onto your library account, or you can pay cash when you come to pick the print job up. Note that library policy requires us to suspend most privileges when your balance is $5.00 or more, so the largest print job we can charge to your library card is 20 sides B&W or 10 sides color.

The fine print

Because your submission comes to us by email, do not submit documents containing any information you want to keep secure (for instance, Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, and so on).
Best results will be achieved with files in Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx) or PDF formats. We can print files in many other formats, but the results may look different from what you’re hoping for.
We won’t print anything until you contact us. Submissions over a week old are subject to deletion.
Library account balances of $3.00 or more can be paid with a credit or debit card online through your library account (https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/logon.aspx). Borrowing privileges are suspended when the balance on your card gets to $5.00 or more.

Illustration from a drawing in The Illustrated History of England by Henry Dulcken, 1888.
License: Public Domain

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College Planning During COVID

August 11, 2020 By ml-admin

Thursday, August 20
8:00 to 9:00 PM
Virtual via Zoom
Free
Registration required

The college process has been turned on its head since the appearance of the novel coronavirus, which has created both challenges and opportunities to reduce college cost. If you’d like to learn more about finding the right career major, understanding the new college environment, and minimizing debt, this is the seminar for you. John Decker, a consultant with College Assistance Plus, leads this interactive virtual presentation for students, parents, educators, and financial advisors.

Registration is required. Register directly through Zoom to receive your meeting invitation.

Maxwell Reopening for Visits

August 11, 2020 By ml-admin

Here’s the news you’ve been waiting for!

Maxwell Library will reopen for visits (by appointment only) on
Monday, August 17, 2020 at 10 AM!

It has been a long five months since we closed our doors back in March. Even though our two months of curbside service have worked well, we know our patrons want to come past the vestibule and back into their library. And we are looking forward to seeing you, too.

We know you will have many questions about what your library visits will look like at this phase of reopening. We’ve prepared a list of questions and answers in anticipation, so sit down, grab a refreshing drink, and read on:

Opening Q & A

Is the library open?

As of Monday, August 17th, the library will be open normal operating hours by appointment only. We will still be offering curbside services.

Am I required to wear a mask?

Yes. In the State of New York, facial coverings (over your mouth and nose) are mandated. Masks must be worn at all times, even for curbside pickup.
If you need ADA accommodations, please call 315-672-3661 or email director@maxwellmemoriallibrary.org before you come to the library.

Operating hours

Monday – Thursday	10 AM – 8 PM
Friday	10 AM – 5 PM
Saturday	10 AM – 3 PM
Sunday	Closed

Closed September 5 through 7 (Saturday through Monday) for Labor Day

How do I make an appointment?

Call the library at 315-672-3661 during regular hours. Appointments left on our answering machine, email, or Facebook page will not be honored. You must speak with a staff member.
Please be patient if the line is busy. We only have one line, so please call back or leave us a message and we will return your call.
Appointments can be made every hour on the hour, for a maximum of 45 minutes. This minimizes the number of people in the building at any one time, which is a New York State requirement. It also gives the staff time to clean between appointments, for everyone’s protection.
If you are not feeling well, please call to reschedule your appointment.
All minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
If you are late for your scheduled appointment, please be aware that each appointment ends at 45 minutes past the hour. You will not receive your full time in that case.

What can I expect when the library reopens?

Expect that staff will be wearing PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) such as a mask, face shields, and gloves per CDC guidelines.
Expect the circulation desk to have Plexiglas shields.
Expect that there may be wait times to use computers or to browse materials because of limits on the number of people allowed in the library at a given time.
Expect that hand sanitizer will be provided upon entering the library.
Expect time limits on using the computer and browsing materials (a maximum of 45 minutes per patron per day).
Expect to follow social distancing guidelines (that is, stay six feet apart from others).
Expect furniture and toys, including the children’s computer, to be removed or covered for sanitation purposes.
Expect staff to clean and sanitize often.

What precautions will be in place to minimize risk of contamination?

All accepted COVID protocols will be followed, including:

Mask-wearing
Social distancing
Staff will undergo health and temperature checks prior to each shift
Limited access to common items such as toys, pens, pencils, and pamphlets
Frequent surface cleaning
Hand sanitizer will be provided at the entrance and at key locations throughout the building
The public restroom will be open for hand washing
Paper toilet seat covers and a contactless soap dispenser have been installed in the public restroom
An Aerus Air Scrubber, designed to reduce airborne contaminants, has been installed in our new HVAC system

Am I allowed to use the computers?

Yes. However, social distancing guidelines will be implemented.
Computer sessions will be limited to a 45-minute time limit per person, per day, by appointment only.

Will the library still be providing programs?

Yes! We have switched our programming to Zoom, Facebook, and YouTube videos until further notice. You can find Miss Sally and Ms. Melissa doing story times on our Facebook page. Check our e-newsletter and online calendar for Zoom and other programs.
We are also offering make and take crafts for adults, children, and teens.

Can I check out books and materials?

Yes! You can browse materials for check-out. Curbside services are still being offered.
When materials are returned, they will be quarantined a minimum of 4 business days before being checked in. If they were returned by the due date, no fines will accrue.
Please return all materials in the outside drop box.

How will I know that my reserved items are ready for pickup?

Automatic notifications are back on, so you will receive an email, text, or phone notification just like before. Please make sure your contact information is up to date.
For curbside pickup, please call us at 315-672-3661 during normal business hours so we can arrange a day and time with you. We’ll check your items out on your account and leave them on the vestibule pickup cart.
If you would like to browse and pick up your reserved items, please call us to make an appointment.

Can I reserve a meeting room?

We are unable to provide meeting room reservations and usage during this time.

How long am I allowed to stay inside the library?

Patrons will be limited to a maximum of 45 minutes for any library services, including computer use.

Are you still offering curbside pickup?

Yes. Please call 315-672-3661 to schedule a time.
We can also provide printing services for pickup. Check for details on our website soon.

Will I be able to use the bathroom or the drinking fountain?

The public restroom will be open, and cleaned nightly. The drinking fountain will not be available.

May I bring in snacks or drinks?

No food or drink is allowed in the library.

May I read your magazines and newspapers?

All magazines, even current issues, will be available for checkout, or may be read here. Newspapers may be read here. We ask you to use the provided hand sanitizer before handling the periodicals.

Returned Items to be Quarantined for 4 days 😞

July 21, 2020 By ml-admin

Many libraries and library systems (including OCPL) are following the REALM Project’s study for guidance on how long the SARS-CoV-2 virus remains active on library materials.

The materials studied in Test 1 had been virus free after 3 days (72 hours), and that result had led to OCPL’s decision to reduce the period we quarantine returns from 7 days to 3 a few weeks ago.

Unfortunately, Test 2 found that some other materials weren’t virus free until 4 days (96 hours) had passed, so we are now going to have to quarantine returns for 4 days.

This change may result in extra waiting time for holds on some popular titles. We apologize for any increased delays along these lines.

However, there should still not be any late fines for material that is returned to our book return on time: we will back date returns to the actual date of return when we check them in after the 4-day quarantine. As always, if we make a mistake and you do get assessed a late fine for material that you returned on time, give us a call so we can correct our error.

Image: Modification of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Credit: Alissa Eckert, Dan Higgins (both with CDC)
License: Public domain

Maxwell’s Curbside Service

June 22, 2020 By ml-admin

On June 15 Maxwell reopened with Curbside Service.

To check material out, you can place holds in the OCPL catalog or you can call us and ask us to grab something from the shelf or place a hold.

Items you’ve had out since March still aren’t due til July 1.

We are also ready for returns. Any items you want to return (whether you’ve had them since March or only since we reopened) can come back. Because our current protocols call for quarantining returns for 7 days, please put all returns into our outside book drop.

Also, we still can’t accept donated material at this time.

We don’t yet know when we’ll be opening the building to patrons, so programs that have been happening online will continue online. Watch our Facebook page and our events calendar.

We apologize for any continuing inconvenience this causes.

Onondaga County Executive Briefings

June 4, 2020 By ml-admin

To see press releases, news, and emergency notifications from the county executive, visit the County’s Communication Announcements page.

Curbside Service at Maxwell

June 2, 2020 By ml-admin

Good news!

Maxwell will be opening for curbside service starting June 15!

Items you have out at the moment still won’t be due til July 1.

We don’t yet know when we’ll be opening the building to patrons, so programs that have been happening online will continue online. Watch our Facebook page and our events calendar.

A notice that we emailed to the newsletter subscription list has additional details.

Low-cost Internet

May 28, 2020 By ml-admin

The offer locator tool at EveryoneOn helps people find low-cost internet offers. Type in your zip code and check any applicable boxes about household status. The tool then shows programs in your area that you might qualify for.

EveryoneOn is a nonprofit with the goal of getting everyone in the US connected to the internet and technology.

“Maxwell is not reopening with the city libraries…”

May 27, 2020 By ml-admin

The text in the image reads:

Maxwell is not reopening with the city libraries. We will post our first curbside date ASAP. Your books are still extended to July 1 and your holds are safe.

Hoopla Extends Bonus Borrows Through May 31

May 18, 2020 By ml-admin

From Hoopla’s May 8 blog post:

Due to the overwhelmingly positive response and the continued need of our library partners and their communities, we have extended the availability of the hoopla Bonus Borrows collection through May 31! We have changed some of the titles and increased the overall size of the collection to help patrons have even more choices. hoopla’s Bonus Borrows collection now includes more than 1,500 titles—including Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in both audiobook and eBook!
As a reminder, each circulation of a Bonus Borrows title is complimentary to libraries, and does not count against a patron’s monthly borrow limit.

Governor Cuomo’s Daily Briefing

May 18, 2020 By ml-admin

Governor Cuomo has a daily briefing on the current state of his office’s response to the pandemic at https://www.governor.ny.gov/news

Update on Reopening

May 18, 2020 By ml-admin

Alyssa posted the following on our Facebook page:

Dear Maxwell Memorial Patrons,

The staff at Maxwell misses you all and wanted to provide you with an update regarding reopening. Many of you have probably heard that the Central and city branch libraries would be opening May 26th for curbside pickup. It’s important to note that Central and city branches are a department of the County government. Maxwell does not fall under this jurisdiction, and therefore must wait for guidance from the Governor’s phased reopening plans.

When… guidance does come, Maxwell will be open for curbside pickup of materials only (for the time being). We will do this carefully. Our biggest concern is the health and safety of staff and patrons. Our plans for reopening are being solidified, and we will keep you informed of developments. If you haven’t subscribed to our enewsletter, [use the form in the right-hand sidebar] to add your name and email.

If you have questions or concerns, please email director@maxwellmemoriallibrary.org. I will do my best to assist you. We look forward to serving our community again, and appreciate your kindness and understanding.

Warmest regards,
Alyssa Ali
Director

Dewey Decimal and Covid-19

May 12, 2020 By ml-admin

Like most public libraries in the US, Maxwell arranges its nonfiction using Dewey Decimal Classification (001–099 for General Reference, Information & Computers, 100–199 for Philosophy & Psychology, and so on). Though its general outline is much the same as it was when Melville Dewey first published it in 1876, the system evolves all the time: it’s now in its 23rd edition, and gets frequent tweaking between editions.

So it comes as no surprise that there is a new Dewey call number for Covid-19. Well, not just for Covid-19 but for all viral pneumonia. The classification 616.241 Pneumonia has been split into 3 new subdivisions:

616.2412 Bacterial pneumonia
616.2414 Viral pneumonia
616.2416 Fungal pneumonia

You can read about it over at 025.431: The Dewey blog

Illustration credit: The Dewey Decimal System Guide by Makayla Eads, CC BY-SA 4.0

Absentee Voting for All

April 24, 2020 By ml-admin

With absentee voting for all being offered, Rena reached out to the Board of Elections to find out whether requesting an absentee ballot committed you to voting absentee. Allison M. Wright sent us the following reply:

You are not committed. If you apply for an absentee and even mail it back and then decide you would rather vote in person you can. When signing in at the polling place your name will show up as voting absentee. What then happens is we run a report of who voted in person and we will pull your ballot so that only your vote in person will count. Thank you for helping us spread the word. It helps us out a lot.
Allison M Wright
Administrative Assistant to Dustin Czarny
Onondaga County Board of Elections

Math/Statistics/Epidemiology Lesson

April 14, 2020 By ml-admin

From FiveThirtyEight, A Comic Strip Tour of the Wild World of Pandemic Modeling by Zach Weinersmith, Maggie Koerth, Laura Bronner, and Jasmine Mithani

It’s a long read, but it explains why some of the numbers we’re hearing for COVID-19 seem to be all over the map.

Information Overload?

April 1, 2020 By ml-admin

The American Association for the Advancement of Science reminds us that having a certain critical control over our information sources (as opposed to those 2 opposite extremes of opting in to every push-source or opting out of everything) is essential in crises. Professor David Bawden and Dr. Lyn Robinson of City University of London’s Department of Library and Information Science note that “reading that the coronavirus was genetically engineered by the Illuminati as a means of world domination, but that it can be defeated by drinking hot water, is somehow more attractive than seeing more sensible reminders about staying in and handwashing.”

From the Internet Archive:

March 30, 2020 By ml-admin

Announcing the National Emergency Library, a collection of books that supports emergency remote teaching, research activities, independent scholarship, and intellectual stimulation while universities, schools, training centers, and libraries are closed.

General links

March 23, 2020 By ml-admin

The Thrall Public Library in Middletown, N.Y. is maintaining a page with links relevant to COVID-19 at https://www.thrall.org/corona/

Online Security

March 20, 2020 By ml-admin

The FBI is reminding us that various scammers are preying on people online during the crisis. Their release talks about extra vigilence with respect to some of the garden variety scams one sees every day like phishing and spoofed email but also notes crisis-specific frauds like promotion of fake virus tests or fake cures. You can see the full press release at the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center’s Website.

Chemistry Lessons

March 18, 2020 By ml-admin

The Reactions YouTube channel of the American Chemical Society has several short (mostly in the 4–10 minute range) videos about chemistry that start from questions like “What if humans could photosynthesize?” or “Why is pizza so delicious?” The latest asks “Can soap really ‘kill’ the coronavirus?”

Cut to the Chase: Direct Links to eBooks

March 18, 2020 By ml-admin

Overdrive/Libby and Hoopla will continue to be available for borrowing items during this time. Additionally, OCPL has other eBook collections available for the next few months. To see what’s available go to https://www.onlib.org/find/e-books-and-more and scroll down.

SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19 Information & Links

March 16, 2020 By ml-admin

This is the first Maxwell post in the category Covid-19. The category is for posts during the SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19 pandemic related to the virus, the syndrome, to Sheltering at Home, and so on.

The idea is that even while the library’s building is closed, the library itself will continue to carry out its mission: to be

… a primary resource for a diverse community seeking good books, accurate information, lifelong learning, access to technology, and programs for all.
Maxwell Memorial Library Mission Statement

OCPL’s E-Books and More page

March 16, 2020 By ml-admin

This collection is, of course, where to find links to Overdrive/Libby and Hoopla — our long-term providers of eBooks, eMagazines, and eMedia. It also has links to the other services we subscribe to and to some that we have temporary access to like Tumble Book Library or Audible.com’s selections for K–12 students.

Library closed due to COVID-19

March 16, 2020 By ml-admin

Illustration of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Credit: Alissa Eckert, Dan Higgins (both with CDC)
License: Public domain

In order to help “flatten the curve” of the spread of COVID-19, Maxwell Library will be closed until further notice.

Important updates for OCPL cardholders: All due dates have been changed to May 1 and account notifications have been turned off. Your local library will continue to store any holds that you request until May 8, but they will not be available for pick up until libraries reopen. Remember, we are not charging any overdue fines at this time.

We ask you to please keep library items at home until we reopen. Also, please do not drop off any book donations at this time.

For updates on the general situation and on resources we are able to provide remotely, you can monitor our COVID-19 page, our social media, or our enewsletter.

We apologize for any inconvenience this causes.

Learning & Test Preparation

March 13, 2020 By ml-admin

OCPL has added a database of resources for test preparation, college and career planning, and related needs. It is the Gale Testing & Education Reference Center (TERC), and it replaces Learning Express. You can get to it through one of the links above or by going through OCPL’s Database page (scroll down to “T” for testing).

The Post-Standard

March 13, 2020 By ml-admin

OCPL’s Newsbank database provides library patrons access to the Syracuse Post-Standard and to blogs hosted at Syracuse.com. You can follow this link to get access. You may need to enter your library card’s barcode number and your PIN to log on.

Mango Languages

March 13, 2020 By ml-admin

Mango Languages is an interactive system for learning a language. You can get more information at OCPL’s Databases page (Click on Education and Careers to narrow the list), or you can go straight to the login page (you’ll need your library card’s number and PIN).

OCPL’s Databases page

March 13, 2020 By ml-admin

Start here for answering questions on topics ranging from Antiques or Business to Religion or Technology. Some of the databases here that you would normally need to be in the library to access are temporarily available to patrons from home.