OPL Mobile

Ottawa PL

About this app

Use the Ottawa Public Library app to discover new titles, plan your next visit, and browse recommendations curated by your library staff.

Features:

Instant access your library card
Search the collection and save titles for later
Place and manage holds
Renew checked out items
Check library hours and locations

Ratings and reviews

App needs to put e-card/library card either at top or bottom as some slots for quick checkout do not fit up to half the phone to scan your card. Placing it at top or bottom of phone would solve this.

VERY poor developer who should lose their contract. App is never updated and targets a VERY old API version which sacrifices the security of users. In fact, on the latest devices users will actually be WARNED by Android about running this app. They are targetting API version 20 while the current is 29 and the MINIMUM allowed for an update is 26. Has issues remembering sessions. Excessive permissions. Sluggish performance. UX needs some work to make actions more intuitive/frictionless.

This app has far too many privacy concerns to risk using it. Consistent location monitoring, phone calls, camera access and more. The majority of access requested is unnecessary for a library app. One is better off using the OPL website to manage one's account and Overdrive for ebooks and audio books on mobile devices.

What's new

In search results, titles without a jacket cover now display a clearer, format-specific fallback image for better visual consistency and user experience.

In search results, some titles were showing a gray box instead of the jacket image.

This has been fixed. Includes various usability improvements and minor bug fixes.