Federal Tax Forms have arrived at the Library, there will be no Kansas Income Tax forms sent to us, Kansas forms are required to be filed online,  see instructions below.

Federal  Income Tax filing:
Go online www.irs.gov to order, view, download and/or print Federal Tax Forms, or call toll-free 1-800-829-3676 to place an order for forms.

Kansas Income Tax Filing:
Kansas Income Tax Filing:
Go online https://www.kansas.gov/webfile/  to file
or search forms at http://www.ksrevenue.org
You may call Helpcenter at 785-296-5059 or toll free 1-800-452-6727
Email Helpcenter helpcenter@ink.org

Check this website to learn about scholarships available in Franklin County: http://franklincountygiving.org/

The Editor’s of Booklist Magazine have made their selections!

Printable list:

Fiction List with links to reviews & NExpress catalog (doc)

The Ottawa Library hours are listed in the new telephone books incorrectly.

Our correct hours are:

Mon-Thurs 9 am-8 pm
Fri 9 am-5 pm & Sat 9 am-1 pm

Returned materials are critical for providing maximum resources for all library users. The Ottawa Library will begin using the Unique Management bill collection service for overdue accounts beginning in January 2012. Unique specializes in partnering with libraries with their Gentle Nudge process.

The State Library is changing the way it provides access to digital audiobooks and ebooks. If you have used a Kansas Library Card to access “Audiobooks, Music, and More” you may have noticed that service will no longer be available after Dec 5, 2011.

The new service called Kansas EZ Library can be reached at http://www.kslib.info/digitalbooks. Digital audiobooks will be accessed through One Click Digital. After logging in with your Kansas Library Card, you will need to register (pdf) to create a user name and password. You can choose to use Media Manager (which lets you return titles early) or Manual Download (which allows you to put the book on more types of devices.) This can be easily changed in your preferences.

Ebooks will be coming through 3M Cloud Library. With this service, you can choose to use a direct wireless connection or download to a computer and transfer. Kindle compatibility should be coming soon.

Learn more:

One Click Digital help

Brief Video Tour of 1CD from the State Library: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK91wIC2YFY

Here is a map of where the 37 NExpress Libraries are located: NExpress Libraries Map (pdf), provided by the NorthEast Kansas Library System. Every day, materials are coming and going among these libraries. It’s so easy to get what you want!

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 $12.00

Log in to your account from our homepage:

If you don’t know your login and password, you can call the library or ask at the library’s circulation desk.

• Staff can assign any combination of numbers or letters to be your login and password. Just let us know. You can change your password yourself once you are in your account.

After you have logged in, you will see a list of all the items you have checked out. If the item can be renewed, there will be a blue link on the right side of the screen:

Or you can choose, at the bottom of the screen, to renew all of your items.

**Please Note: Items that are overdue or on hold for another patron can’t be renewed online.

You can all us at 785-242-3080 if you have any questions.