News Articles About the Library

The Melrose Pop Festival, the well-curated annual showcase by the Melrose Center in downtown’s Orlando Public Library, returns this year as a full-weekend extravaganza with two distinct days of music that run a beautiful gamut.

As summer kicks off for Central Florida students, so do concerns parents have about learning loss, also known as the “summer slide.” The Orange County Library System has a variety of classes, activities and a reading challenge to keep kids and students entertained and learning.

Welcome to the third edition of the artist formerly known as the Cool Kid’s Guide to Orlando….Both my son and daughter still love going to the downtown Orlando Public Library, especially the Melrose technology center.

Public libraries in Orange County have become more than a network of places to find books — they have become a place to find resources to help rebuild lives. Amid housing insecurity, health crises and economic instability, the Orange County Library System’s social work program offers services to residents needing assistance in various aspects of life.

ASLdeafined offers video lessons for anyone looking to learn ASL, regardless of age. Whether you have a deaf loved one, are deaf yourself, or simply seeking to learn ASL, the Orange County library says this is for you.

If you can’t make it to one of its branches, the Orange County Library System has community outreach programs, bringing the library to the community.

The WASH Foundation, which is part of the nonprofit Clean the World, offers its free shower service to anyone who needs it at locations throughout Orange County.

The Orange County Library is celebrating Women’s History Month this March by featuring events like Pow-HER-ful, Music in the Library: Shannon Rae, a women in the arts expo, and LEGOPalooza events. 

Continued projected growth in Horizon West is driving the construction of a new library.

Chief Executive Officer for the Orange County Library System Steve Powell said construction is underway in Horizon West.

A group of preschoolers are getting a lesson that’s out of this world and learning about Astronaut Mae Jemison.