OWWL Library System Coordinated Outreach supports library services to communities in Ontario, Wayne, Wyoming, and Livingston Counties.
Books by Mail
Books by Mail provides mail delivery of library materials to any resident of Ontario, Wayne, Wyoming, and Livingston Counties who is unable to access an OWWL Library.
Books to Go
Books to Go provides bulk lending to agencies serving or housing older adults such as nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and senior apartments in the four OWWL counties.
Community Visits
The OWWL Library System Outreach team will visit community and educational groups and organizations that support our Targeted Outreach Populations.
Family Literacy
OWWL Library System Coordinated Outreach sponsors several literacy initiatives, programs, and events supporting birth through age twenty-one and their caregivers.
One Book, OWWL Kids
Held each Spring, One Book, OWWL Kids is a community reading program that highlights the importance of family literacy.
The Great Giveback
Each fall, OWWL Libraries participate in this state-wide community service initiative!
Program News and Updates
- Press Release: One Book, OWWL Kids Returns to Encourage Family Literacy March 10, 2025
- Press Release: OWWL Libraries Kick Off 2025 With Year-Long Tour January 02, 2025
- Press Release: OWWL Libraries Helping to Give Back this Fall September 20, 2024
- Press Release: New Communication Boards Implemented in Libraries July 11, 2024
- Press Release: One Book, OWWL Kids Returns to Encourage Family Literacy February 26, 2024
- Press Release: OWWL Libraries Invite Families to the Library January 23, 2024
- Press Release: OWWL Libraries Helping to Give Back This Fall October 05, 2023
- Press Release: One Book, OWWL Kids Encourages Family Literacy February 27, 2023
- Press Release: OWWL Library System to Provide Free Period Products in Fourteen Libraries February 13, 2023
- Press Release: OWWL Libraries Invite Families to the Library January 23, 2023
Additional Support
- New York State Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL) is a free library service for eligible residents of upstate New York who are unable to use standard print materials due to a visual, physical or reading disability.
- Community Connections is a guide to reentry resources, services, and organizations across Ontario, Wayne, Wyoming, and Livingston Counites for incarcerated individuals. Community Connections can also be mailed upon request.
Contact Us
Phone 585-394-8260 x1106
Email outreach@owwl.org
Under New York State Education Law, §273 (1)(h)(1), and Commissioner’s Regulations §90.3, Public Library Systems provide Coordinated Outreach Library Services directly and through their member libraries to New Yorkers who are most in need and who often are not regular library users. These services are funded by Coordinated Outreach State Aid.