Community Room Use Guidelines
Local groups and nonprofits may use our Community Room during library hours. Groups must read and adhere to the Community Room Policy. To use the space, an Application Form and an Indemnification Form must be completed by all groups. A Certificate of Liability Insurance Form will need to be completed if the general pubic is able to attend the event.
Forms should be emailed to: oswlib@ncls.org. Please give up to 5 business days for a response. ***Although the Event Calendar is a great place to check first for scheduling conflicts, not all group meetings are listed on it.
Mango Languages prepares learners for realistic conversations and communication in over 70 world languages. Sign up with your library card!
Ebooks & Eaudiobooks
1986 – today searchable Syracuse Post-Standard
2007 – yesterday searchable Oswego Palladium-Times
America’s News – current content and archives back to the 1980s from more than 4,000 U.S. news sources
- GED and Literacy Services
- GED Prep and ESOL (English as a Second or Other Language)
- Law Help NY (General Legal Help)
- Free Legal Answers NY
Digitized Historical and Genealogical Material
We currently have Wireless Internet access that is available anywhere in our building for public use. Our copier can scan papers to PDF files and email them to anyone!
Printing or copying is available at a rate of 15 cents per page for black and white, and 25 cents per page for color. These prices are doubled for two-sided pages.
Computer Help is always available; simply ask at the Main Desk and someone will assist you.
Passes to Splash Indoor Water Park, Fort Ontario, Richardson-Bates House, Safe Haven, Maritime Museum, NY state parks, Onondaga County Parks including the zoo, and the Children’s Museum of Oswego are available to borrow for three days.
There are a variety of cake pans that are available to be checked out to patrons, as well as STEM kits upstairs in the Children’s room that can be taken out as well. These kits range in age from toddlers to older children; you can find out more information about them at the Children’s room desk.
Call 315-341-5867 or email oswlib@ncls.org today to find out how to get these extras.
Books By Mail
North Country Library System provides a wide variety of materials including large print books, books on audio cassette, and books on CD. Items can be mailed directly to eligible individuals at no charge. Any person over the age of 62, those with physical issues and unable to visit a public library, those with hearing difficulties, those with visual difficulties, and residents of institutions all qualify. Registration and reading interest forms are available at your local public library or online at www.ncls.org/booksbymail
For additional information, please contact:
Outreach Services, North Country Library System
22072 County Route 190
Watertown, NY 13601
(315) 782-5540 ext. 235
nclsotr@ncls.org
To Request Items
- Go to www.ncls.org
- Login using your library card number and PIN (last 4-digits of your telephone number). Search for material.
- To narrow the search results use the search limits in the left column.
- Click on the title for more information or click on Place Hold to request the item.
- Select the library where you would like to pick up the item.
- Click: Place Hold. You are done!
Oswego Public Library History Book available for Purchase
We have a wonderful book available for $10.00 here at the library that chronicles the foundation and historical events that have happened here in our library.
Oswego Public Library Book Sale
Donations we do not need in our collection, with books and other items that have been removed from our circulation collection, are available for purchase on the main level and in the Children’s Room. Paperback books and CDs are $0.50; Hardcover Books, DVDs, & Blu-rays are $1.00.