The OWWL Library Tour encourages everyone to visit OWWL Libraries from January to December 2025
Pick up a county map at your local OWWL Library to start your OWWL Library Tour. Complete county maps by collecting book stickers at each library. Visit all libraries in a county to complete the map and earn a fun prize bundle. Visit all 42 OWWL Libraries for a Limited Edition OWWL Library Card!
Ontario
Visit the 12 member libraries across Ontario County on your 2025 OWWL Library Tour!
Where do I get a county map to start my OWWL Library Tour?
Visit any OWWL Library to pick up that county’s map and collect your first book sticker.
If you would like to start your 2025 OWWL Library Tour with all four county maps, visit any of the six Hub Libraries across the System. Hub Libraries have all four maps on hand.
The Hub Libraries are marked with a star on each county map. The Hub Libraries are:
How long do I have to complete the OWWL Library Tour?
The OWWL Library Tour is running from January 2, 2025 through December 31, 2025.
Visiting your local libraries is already fun, but in 2025, you can earn prizes for it!
How do I get my prizes?
Prizes will be delivered to your Home Library.
Participants may request a more convenient library for delivery. If the last library you visit in a county happens to be a Hub Library, Library Staff can give you your prize bundle immediately, as supplies allow.
If you are eligible for the Limited Edition OWWL Library Card, it will be produced in-house at OWWL Library System HQ and delivered to your Home Library.
What are the prizes?
Prize bundles are made up of multiple prizes, and are unique to each county. Complete multiple counties to earn multiple prize bundles.
As supplies last, the prizes for the 2025 OWWL Library Tour include:
Collectible Cards
Stickers
Iron-On Patches
Keychains
Limited Edition OWWL Library Card
& more!
What is a Hub Library?
Hub Librarieshave all four county maps, book stickers for each library, and a limited number of prize bundles on hand. Hub Libraries are intended to assist anyone on the Library Tour who may want:
to start their journey with all four county maps;
to collect stickers for libraries that were closed;
to replace lost or damaged incomplete maps; and
to collect county prize bundles in person, as supplies allow.
The Hub Libraries are marked with a star on each county map. The Hub Libraries are:
Library Staff at any Hub Library will replace your lost or damaged map as well as all the stickers you’ve earned so far. Head to your most convenient Hub Library and let them know. If you have pictures of your incomplete map, great, but if not, that’s okay, too.
What is the Limited Edition OWWL Library Card?
The Limited Edition OWWL Library Card is a gold-colored PVC card produced in-house at OWWL Library System HQ.
It has the OWWL logo on one side and your barcode and card number on the other.
Will I need to get a new card number for my Limited Edition OWWL Library Card?
No! Your Limited Edition OWWL Library Card will use your existing card number.
I don’t live locally, can I still participate?
Of course!Everyone is welcome to visit OWWL Libraries and earn prizes while the OWWL Library Tour is ongoing.
Out-of-System Library Tour participants may want to plan on visiting a Hub Library last, so they can pick up their prize bundle as supplies allow.
Otherwise, Out-of-System Library Tour participants will have to notify the Library Staff at their last stop of their most convenient OWWL Library to pick up their prize bundle following delivery.
Read on the road
With an OWWL Library Card, get access to the electronic collections shared between the OWWL Library System, Finger Lakes Library System, and Southern Tier Library System.
Use your OWWL Library Card to borrow ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and more from our OverDrive library. Or download the Libby app to your mobile device to get started.
