Literacy is customarily contrasted with orality (oral tradition), which encompasses a broad set of strategies for communicating through oral and aural media. In real world situations, however, literate and oral modes of communication coexist and
The Oshkosh Public Library will be closed on Thursday, January 22nd, 2015 due to library classes. We will reopen on Friday, January 23rd, 2015 for regular business hours.
The Rochester Public Library was approved in 1893 but was not open to the public until early 1894. Back then the library was located on the corner of Portland Street and South Main Street. In 1897 it moved to City Hall where it remained for over 8 years.