Art Auction | WorkSpace sign-up | Garage Sale | Volunteer Positions Available | DIY Bike Maintenance | Knife Sharpening | Repair Cafe Re-Cap
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Own a piece of Ottawa history today!

Our incredible friends atSquare Lemon are holding an art auction with 30% of the proceeds going towards the OTL!

These iconic pictures once hung in the new OTL location when it was Square Lemon’s home base. Before that you could have seen them years ago at a local bar in the downtown area of Ottawa. Square Lemon hates to part with them but their new location doesn’t have room so with a heavy heart they are hoping they will find new homes. Eachpicture lights up with a standard plug and stands 5 feet tall and 3 feet across

The auction will start on Thursday, September 9th and run for 6 days on the squarelemon.ca site.

Our WorkSpace is Open!

Use the tools in our WorkSpace and get your projects started!

WorkSpace hours are:
Wednesday 5-9pm
Saturday 10am-2pm

In order to use the WorkSpace, you must have completed the WorkSpace Safety 101 Workshop. Next workshop is Monday,  September 20 (6-9pm) 

Certain WorkSpace tools require our WorkSpace Safety 201 Workshop (The router, jointer, planer, and table saw). Our first Workspace Safety 201 Workshop is Tuesday, September 7 (6-9pm). 

Each Safety workshop participant gets a free day pass to use our WorkSpace.

Grab a spot below.
WorkSpace Safety 101
WorkSpace Safety 201

Save the date!

The OTL is having another garage sale!
Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 2nd 10am-2pm
We will have tons of goodies for sale from our donations and our WebStore.

Volunteer with us!
Join our team! We are looking for a social media manager!
The position involves creating fresh content for our social media channels, running campaigns and joining our monthly team meetings to provide the team with updates. If you would like to hear more about the position, email:brooklyn@ottawatoollibrary.com.
Are you looking to get involved in your community and want to make a difference?

Join our core team as the OTL event coordinator and help us plan workshops, manage our events calendar, and oversee events procedures!
In this role, you will partake in monthly core team meetings, which are an opportunity to touch base with all core team members and share ideas and updates.
If you want to be part of an awesome team, contribute to a great community initiative, and put on some fabulous learning opportunities, send an email toinfo@ottawatoollibrary.comto get started!

DIY Bike Maintenance

Do your own bike maintenance with our extensive set of (ParkTool) bike tools!

We have bike stands and provide basic supplies (lube, rags, etc.), but you will need to bring any replacement parts needed.

Our resident bike mechanic will be on hand to answer your questions!

Choose a one-hour time slot between: 6:00 and 9:00pm.
Tickets are $15
DIY Bike Maintenance Ticket

Knife Sharpening Workshop


Our popular workshop is back!

Like most things, knife sharpening just takes some guidance, time, and practice. In our two-hour class, you will learn to hand sharpen your knives on whetstones. We will provide the magic stones. You just need to bring 2-3 kitchen knives for practice.

Join us Thursday, September 23 at 6:30pm
Knife Sharpening Tickets

Great times at the Repair Cafe

Our first outdoor Repair Cafe during the pandemic was a total success. Thanks so much to our community partners at theQuartier Vanier Business Improvement Areafor helping us pull it off and for feeding our volunteers a delicious lunch! Huge shout-out to Sylvie and her crew from Mobile Optician Services for offering free eyeglass repair all day long!

If you want to have one in your neighbourhood, get in touch with us.
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