LIBRARY hours:
MONDAY: 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
TUESDAY: 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
WEDNESDAY: CLOSED (Veterans Day)
THURSDAY: 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
FRIDAY: 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
SATURDAY & SUNDAY: CLOSED
If Oriskany Central School is closed or dismisses students early, due to weather or an emergency, the Oriskany Public Library will close as well.
The library will be closed Thursday November 26 & 27, 2026 for Thanksgiving.
***The Oriskany Public Library offers a conference room that is available for meetings during library hours, before and after regular operating hours, and on weekends. To reserve the conference room, please call the library at 315-736-2532.***
The library has a copier Copies are:
.25 cents each for black and white: .50 cents each for color: Cash or Check Only
🧥 Coat Swap
A heartfelt thank-you to everyone who has generously donated gently used winter wear to the library! Your kindness and generosity are greatly appreciated. We currently have several coats available and are no longer accepting donations at this time. Come visit the library December 7–22, 2026 from 1pm – 6pm, to choose a free coat! Coats will also be available free of charge during our annual Christmas in the Place of Nettles event on Sunday, December 6, 2026 from 4pm-6pm, for anyone who would like to swap or shop. Thank you for helping us keep our community warm this winter!
🇺🇸 Traveling Revolutionary War Exhibit
Come explore our Traveling Revolutionary War Exhibit, on display at the library from November 9–23, 2026! The exhibit features four double-sided vinyl panels, each approximately six feet tall, that pull up from portable stands. Presented in the same format as the CLRC traveling exhibits, this display includes an interactive component that invites visitors to answer questions and share their thoughts by placing post-it notes directly on the panels. The exhibit comes with detailed setup instructions to help bring this engaging learning experience to life. There is also a wonderful local connection behind this exhibit! Kelly Cardwell, a former member of the Youth Advisory Committee and current Jervis Library Board member, previously served as a Park Ranger at Fort Stanwix. Kelly created two copies of the exhibit, with the intention of keeping one at Fort Stanwix and making the other available to travel throughout the Mid York Library System. A special thank-you to Kelly Cardwell, Fort Stanwix, and Jervis Library for supporting historical education and public libraries! Stop by the library, explore the panels, and share your thoughts as we learn more about the Revolutionary War together!
Please Welcome Our New Library Assistant: We are pleased to introduce our new Library Assistant, Ms. Michele Finn! Michele brings a fresh perspective, enthusiasm, and a passion for serving our library community. We are delighted to have her join our team and are confident that she will be a wonderful asset to our library. Please join us in giving Michele a warm welcome the next time you visit the library! We are so happy to have her with us.
The Oriskany Public Library participated in Mohawk Valley Gives, a 24-hour giving movement, on September 18, 2026! 📚💙On behalf of the Oriskany Public Library Board of Trustees, we would like to thank everyone who joined us in supporting our library and our community. As fundraising champions for the Oriskany Public Library, we are incredibly grateful for each and every donation. A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who contributed! Your generosity, kindness, and continued support truly mean so much to us. Every contribution makes a difference and helps our library continue to serve the Oriskany community. We are so grateful to have such a wonderful community supporting us! Thank you for believing in the Oriskany Public Library! ❤️📖
We are only accepting children’s books in our library at this time. However, please see below our new donation book drop box for other books you may like to donate
BetterWorldBooks: Book Donation Drop Box: Our green book donation box is here! If you find that the box is full, please do not leave books outside, unless they’re placed in a plastic tote to protect them from the elements. No tote? No problem—you’re welcome to bring your donations inside the library Monday through Friday, from 1:00 PM–6:00 PM. You can also call us at 315-736-2532 to check the box’s status. Thank you so much for your generous past donations! For future contributions, please place them in the green drop box instead of book drop located on the side of the building.
Notice: Program Proposals
Anyone wishing to start a program with the Oriskany Public Library is invited to submit a proposal by email to oriskany@midyork.org.
Please include all relevant documentation and details about your proposed program. Submissions will be presented to the Library Board for review and approval at an upcoming board meeting.
Thank you for your interest in partnering with the Oriskany Public Library!
Program: Defensive Driving – AARP will offer a two-day Driver Safety Program, the Smart Driver, which will be co-sponsored by the Oriskany Public Library at 621 Utica St, Oriskany NY. Pre-registration is required. Sessions will be held on Wednesdays and Thursdays each month. The next classes are: November 18 & 19, December 9 & 10, 2026; January 6 & 7, February 10 & 11 and March 10 & 11, 2027 from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. A reservation may be made by calling Kim Macera, Library Manager at (315) 736-2532. Please send a check or money order (Payable to AARP) one week prior to the class to: Oriskany Public Library PO Box 428 Oriskany, NY 13424. The course fees are $25.00 for AARP Members or $30.00 for Non-AARP Members.
Knitting & Crochet Club – (no knitting on Monday June 22, 2026) have you ever been interested in learning how to knit or crochet? Or just knit and crochet while chatting with others that are interested in the same hobby? Here is your chance! Whether you are a newbie or an expert, come join us at the Oriskany Public Library on Mondays at 1:00 pm- 3:00 pm. We will have an instructor here with supplies to get started. The class is free and open to the public. Please call and reserve your seat today at (315) 736-2532 or stop in, everyone’s always welcome!
The Oriskany Public Library is participating in Mohawk Valley Gives, a 24hr giving movement, on September 18, 2026!
April O Addition: New Accessible electronic doors: Come in and see our new accessible automatic front doors that enhanced our library for our accessible patrons’ to ensure they can move freely and independently. They were installed on March 25, 2025 by Sahl’s Glass with a gracious and appreciative grant we received on February 14, 2024 from the American Library Association LTC’s Accessible Small & Rural Communities Round 2 of $10,000.00. We received this grant with the intent to install two automatic front doors to our existing American Disability Act compliant non automatic doors, repaint the accessible sign on the parking pavement and add an accessible sign with a metal pole in the ground. Thank you: Because the Village of Oriskany office and our Village Highway Department is so gracious, they will be repaving our parking lot, repainting the van accessible sign on the pavement and adding a new accessible sign with a metal pole in the ground! Thank you!
do you need help & stress free studying, final paper review, prepare for ged, reach your goals-act & sat jump start job searching an much more: Something new is being offered through the Mid-York library system starting September 1, 2024 – Free for one year. See below
https://www.creativebug.com/lib/midyork—Creativebug.com has thousands of award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists.
We are not having a GALA at this time, but we appreciate any amount you can donate to our library. Thank you for your support!
Photography and Videography Policy
Objective
While appreciating the photogenic qualities inherent in their design, libraries remain working institutions whose primary mission remains to serve the needs of its patrons. As such, this policy is intended to protect library users who may be endangered or inconvenienced by having their photo or video image taken in the library, while encouraging media and others to use cameras in a way which would help communicate the library’s mission and promote the beauty and uniqueness of the buildings in the Oriskany Public Library.
Policy
In order to provide all the library’s customers with the safest and most pleasant library experience, those wishing to use cameras and/or recording equipment within the Oriskany Public Library facilities must request before photographing or videotaping of a patron(s) must have both the verbal permission of the patron(s) and a written release signed in advance by each patron(s) and/or legal guardian. Those not following this policy may be asked to put away their equipment or leave the facility.
Library access by photographers may be limited either by time constraints or to specific areas depending upon such impact or effect such sessions could have upon other library users.
Oriskany Public Library staff has the right to photograph, film and record library events and customers for promotional use only in print, online and video. Visitors to the library, or anyone participating in any library event being captured on film or by photograph, will be advised verbally or through signage that their participation acts as consent to being photographed, filmed or recorded, unless they indicate otherwise to library staff.
The above policy applies only to open, public events. Closed events such as class visits would require releases and/or permissions from the supervisor of the visiting organization.
The Oriskany Public Library Board meets every fourth Tuesday of the month at 6pm; except in July, August and December & unless otherwise specified.
We are looking for volunteers to be our “Friends of our library.” You would serve a 5 year term and provide oversight, governance, advocacy support and financial management to the organization. The commitment includes monthly board and committee meetings as scheduled by the respective committee chairs. Members are expected to commit time to serve on one or more of the following committees, i.e.: book sales, membership, marketing, finance, nominations, and community events. Friends groups raise funds for special library programs or services, advocate for library services, volunteer with children’s summer reading programs, sponsor National Library Week events, and other activities. Friends groups are citizens who join together to support, improve, and promote our local library. If interested in applying; please send an email including your name, address, phone number and a brief summary about yourself to: oriskany@midyork.org by September 21 ,2026 We will present your interest to the board at our September 22, 2026 meeting.
We are looking for community members interested in volunteering to be on the Oriskany Library Board of Trustees. Most of us understand that our public libraries in the United States are funded by tax dollars and staffed by trained librarians, who take care of the day-to-day tasks of running a library and planning for the future. But who has a say in library policy, budgeting, and the direction of a public library? That would be your library’s board of trustees, who ideally represent the community that your library serves. Who they are and what they do for the community should be something that all citizens and library users are aware of because, while they might not work in your public library, they can have a big impact on how it is run. If interested in applying; please send an email including your name, address, phone number and a brief summary about yourself to: oriskany@midyork.org by September 21, 2026 We will present your interest to the board at our September 22, 2026meeting.
Per vote by the OPL board of trustees on April 22, 2025 voted to revise the terms served by a trustee. Oriskany Public Library By-laws: see article 2 section 4 effective on April 22, 2025 to update trustees’ term from; The terms of office of each trustee shall be five years. No trustee may serve more than three full consecutive terms. per vote by the As of April 22, 2025 the bi-laws are to read; The terms of office of each trustee shall be five years. No trustee may serve more than four full consecutive terms.
Oriskany Public Library By-laws: see page 11 under Fines and Notices to the change effective September 26, 2023; the board passed at the September 26, 2023 at the OPL board meeting at 6pm; we are now a fine free library. But, once at item has been overdue for 30 days, that item is considered lost, and the borrower is charged the full replacement cost of the item to their account.
Thank you to all that have donated your used goods! We’ve received a total of $12,751 from December 2019-September 2026
