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This area is the home of the&nbsp;Coburn Free Library&#8217;s extensive non-fiction collection, as well as elegant new study carrels.&nbsp;Come study in peace and quiet at&nbsp;Owego&#8217;s historical library building!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Executive Director Meredith Gallaro extends a friendly invitation, stating, &#8220;Come in and see us.&nbsp;We have added many new materials to our already diverse collection and love visiting with patrons as they take out materials.&nbsp;Come browse the books, both new and old, the DVD collection, and the books on CD.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The library offers a variety of materials. There is a wide range of cookbooks, graphic novels, and bestsellers, engaging non-fiction, as well an array of popular magazines.&nbsp;If books are not available in-house, their friendly staff will be glad to procure&nbsp;them from one of the 33 member libraries of the Finger Lakes Library System.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Director Gallaro also reminds patrons of digital resources available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coburnfreelibrary.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.coburnfreelibrary.org<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flls.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.flls.org<\/a>. Patrons can manage library accounts, download e-books, get access to homework help with Encyclopedia Britannica Online, and improve marketable skills using JobNow.&nbsp;No computer access at home?&nbsp; No problem.&nbsp;Public-use computers, WiFi and printing are also available at the library.<\/p>\n<p>There is no cost to obtain a library card; just drop by with a picture ID with your&nbsp;current address on it and staff will process a card for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Coburn Free Library is open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and on Tuesday and Thursday from 2 p.m&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":82968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-living"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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