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 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.
OWWL Library System Coordinated Outreach sponsors several literacy initiatives, programs, and events supporting birth through age twenty-one and their caregivers.
In October 2022, thirty-four OWWL libraries participated in The Great Give Back, a community service project initiated by libraries and library systems across New York State.
Connecting books with families at the Wayne Community Partnership / Foodlink Pop-Up Pantry in Sodus on December 22, 2022Books by Mail celebrated its 300th mailing on Wednesday, December 14, 2022, two weeks shy of the program’s one year anniversary.A visit with the Education Professions students at Finger Lakes Technical & Career Center on November 21, 2022.
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.
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.
The OWWL library system serves Ontario, Wayne, Wyoming, and Livingston counties.