OPL Foundation Projects

Raising dollars for OPL programs, services, technology, and collections continues to be the Omaha Public Library Foundation’s focus in 2024. In this work, OPLF presents exciting and vital philanthropic opportunities to support OPL while also continually sharing the OPL story with a wider audience.

The annual Summer Reading Program, community outreach, youth literacy activities, and more benefit from year-round donations of all sizes through the Foundation. These much-loved library offerings simply aren’t possible without donor support.

Such fundraising also occurs at the library foundation’s annual fundraiser, Between the Lines. A noted, bestselling author headlines the fall event, often featuring a book signing after. Tickets on sale soon!

In addition to annual program support and special projects for OPL, the library foundation remains engaged in the new Central Library, opening in early 2026 at 72nd and Dodge streets. Construction on this donorfunded project is well underway, thanks to a relatively mild winter. Part of the library’s design includes a high-tech collection system known as the Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS). OPL will be the first public library system in the United States to have a storage system like this. The ASRS will support citywide distribution by storing items from OPL’s large collection, allowing space for neighborhooddriven programming while still providing an abundance of books and materials in every branch for patrons to discover and enjoy.

The Foundation echoes its gratitude to many longtime donors for making Central Library a reality for OPL and the Greater Omaha community.