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

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.

Received the latest update. What a refresh! Nice UI. Clean, easy navigation, holds, items, quick access to library card. Login worked well with my password manager. Good job guys!

What's new

Users were being logged out after changing some account settings from within the app. This issue has been fixed.

The Fees page screen title was incorrectly displaying as "My Borrowing." It has been corrected to display "Fees."

The library card did not always display the updated expiry date. This has been corrected.