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It’s still the best place to get a great book free, but the Ottawa Public Library is also steadily expanding the variety of other things you can borrow. Here’s a sample:
Mahomri Palacios uses the 3-D printer at the Centrepointe library to make a sensor cover for an Algonquin College project.
1. 3-D printers
There are two available at the Centrepointe branch, an “entry level” and a commercial machine. People have used them to create everything from Christmas ornaments to prototype models for school or work projects, outdoor signs and a car gear shift. One person made component parts for a violin. They aren’t free, as patrons pay 30 cents a gram for the liquid resin used in the printer.
The only requirement is a free, two-hour safety course, which also includes instruction on use of the laser cutter.
Nicholas Booth of the Ottawa Library works with the laser cutter at the Ottawa Public Library, Centrepointe Branch.
2. Laser cutter
This tool at the Centrepointe branch is so popular there is a waiting list to use it for various projects, such as wood cutting or etching, and patrons are limited to using the cutter no more than four times a month. The library provides wood or plastic for a small fee. People can also bring their own material to cut, from acrylic and stone to cardboard, paper, felt and fabric, although library staff have to approve the material before it’s used.
A few other tech tools available to borrow at many of the branches: Kilowatt meters, which plug into appliances to find out how much energy they use, and pedometers, which count your steps.
3. Digital movies, TV shows and albums
Want to watch Boyhood, the film that picked up the Golden Globe for best drama this year? Or listen to Beck’s Morning Phase, the Grammy winner for album of the year? Both are available to stream or download through the library’s Hoopla digital media collection. Hoopla is the library’s first full streaming service and it has more than you could consume in a lifetime: about 250,000 titles, both current and classic. Watch Sarah Polley’s award-winning documentary Stories We Tell or the kids’ movie Lassie; listen to Luke Bryan’s Spring Break … Checkin’ Out or Lorde’s Pure Heroine. Library patrons can choose up to eight titles a month to either stream or download on a mobile device. Movie and TV shows can be borrowed for 48 to 72 hours, and albums for seven days.
Another new digital service introduced recently, Access Video on Demand, focuses on educational documentaries and videos. It has 220,000 titles on a vast array of subjects. You can watch a video on Small Gas Engine Troubleshooting, for example, a BBC series called Age of Empire: History of the World or a National Geographic documentary on America’s lost red wolves.
You can get a free download of Pharrell Williams’s hit song Happy from the library’s Freegal service.
4. Digital music, including free song downloads
The library’s Freegal service has thousands of songs from Sony’s extensive catalogue. Patrons can stream up to three hours of music a day. And download, free, up to five songs a week. So before spending $1.29 on iTunes, check to see if the song is available free at the library. The songs span decades and genres, from Mark Ronson’s Uptown Funk to Chuck Berry’s Johnny B. Goode.
5. Passes to Ottawa museums
Each library branch has family passes available for the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, the Canadian Museum of Nature, the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum (Experimental Farm), the Canadian Museum of History, the National Gallery, the Nepean Museum and the Diefenbunker. The passes can be checked out on a first-come, first-served basis, and can be kept for seven days. They can’t be reserved in advance. “It’s a bit hit-and-miss because they are so popular,” says library official Anna Basile. But patrons can check online to see how many passes are currently available at various branches so they don’t have to drive all over town. In some cases, people stand in line and wait for the library to open to get the pass, she says.
For more information: http://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en
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Mahomri Palacios uses the 3-D printer at the Centrepointe library to make a sensor cover for an Algonquin College project.
1. 3-D printers
There are two available at the Centrepointe branch, an “entry level” and a commercial machine. People have used them to create everything from Christmas ornaments to prototype models for school or work projects, outdoor signs and a car gear shift. One person made component parts for a violin. They aren’t free, as patrons pay 30 cents a gram for the liquid resin used in the printer.
The only requirement is a free, two-hour safety course, which also includes instruction on use of the laser cutter.
Nicholas Booth of the Ottawa Library works with the laser cutter at the Ottawa Public Library, Centrepointe Branch.
2. Laser cutter
This tool at the Centrepointe branch is so popular there is a waiting list to use it for various projects, such as wood cutting or etching, and patrons are limited to using the cutter no more than four times a month. The library provides wood or plastic for a small fee. People can also bring their own material to cut, from acrylic and stone to cardboard, paper, felt and fabric, although library staff have to approve the material before it’s used.
A few other tech tools available to borrow at many of the branches: Kilowatt meters, which plug into appliances to find out how much energy they use, and pedometers, which count your steps.
3. Digital movies, TV shows and albums
Want to watch Boyhood, the film that picked up the Golden Globe for best drama this year? Or listen to Beck’s Morning Phase, the Grammy winner for album of the year? Both are available to stream or download through the library’s Hoopla digital media collection. Hoopla is the library’s first full streaming service and it has more than you could consume in a lifetime: about 250,000 titles, both current and classic. Watch Sarah Polley’s award-winning documentary Stories We Tell or the kids’ movie Lassie; listen to Luke Bryan’s Spring Break … Checkin’ Out or Lorde’s Pure Heroine. Library patrons can choose up to eight titles a month to either stream or download on a mobile device. Movie and TV shows can be borrowed for 48 to 72 hours, and albums for seven days.
Another new digital service introduced recently, Access Video on Demand, focuses on educational documentaries and videos. It has 220,000 titles on a vast array of subjects. You can watch a video on Small Gas Engine Troubleshooting, for example, a BBC series called Age of Empire: History of the World or a National Geographic documentary on America’s lost red wolves.
You can get a free download of Pharrell Williams’s hit song Happy from the library’s Freegal service.
4. Digital music, including free song downloads
The library’s Freegal service has thousands of songs from Sony’s extensive catalogue. Patrons can stream up to three hours of music a day. And download, free, up to five songs a week. So before spending $1.29 on iTunes, check to see if the song is available free at the library. The songs span decades and genres, from Mark Ronson’s Uptown Funk to Chuck Berry’s Johnny B. Goode.
5. Passes to Ottawa museums
Each library branch has family passes available for the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, the Canadian Museum of Nature, the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum (Experimental Farm), the Canadian Museum of History, the National Gallery, the Nepean Museum and the Diefenbunker. The passes can be checked out on a first-come, first-served basis, and can be kept for seven days. They can’t be reserved in advance. “It’s a bit hit-and-miss because they are so popular,” says library official Anna Basile. But patrons can check online to see how many passes are currently available at various branches so they don’t have to drive all over town. In some cases, people stand in line and wait for the library to open to get the pass, she says.
For more information: http://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en
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