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From the Director, April 2025
Connecting Through Culture and Community Being connected to our community and building connections within our community are essential to the strategic plan that Orange County Library System unveiled in October. Since then, we’ve worked hard to find engaging and exciting ways to help our community unite with new ideas and experiences – online, in-person and…
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New Release Recommendations: Women’s History Month
Have you ever felt like there are too many books and too little time? That’s how I often feel when I look at my ever-growing to-read list. When I talk to people about what it’s like working in Collection Development, I often joke that that’s the worst part of my job. We are constantly looking…
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Supporting Women’s Rights – and Wrongs: An “Unhinged Women” Reader
Women’s History Month sets aside time annually to explore the contributions of women throughout history and celebrate pioneers of women’s rights, but narratives centering and created by women can always top your TBR list. The ongoing work of feminist thinkers and activists has seen women in media move from the wings to center stage, claiming…
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Lee Krasner: Not a Peripheral Talent
I love hosting art programs at Alafaya. I like profiling artists that aren’t often taught in schools. Kids have heard of Picasso and da Vinci, but do they know Lee Krasner? Krasner may be one of my favorite artists, and I wasn’t even aware of her until several years ago. Born Lena Krassner in Brooklyn…
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Juliette Gordon Low’s Impact on Generations as founder of Girl Scouts of the USA
Throughout my life, I have been inspired by many women, but two stand out above the rest—Juliette Gordon Low and my mother, Phyllis Hall. These two remarkable women have not only shaped my worldview but also motivated me to work with the next generation of young girls. Juliette Gordon Low, known as Daisy, was a…
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Julia Child, Teaching America to Cook
For Women’s History Month this year, I’m presenting a children’s cooking program on Julia Child. In preparing for the program, I learned so much about her fascinating life! She grew up in California in the early 1900s, attending boarding school and playing sports. When World War II broke out, she tried to enlist in the…
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From the Director, March 2025
Women’s History is Our History March is Women’s History Month and what better place than your library to discover and celebrate the stories of great women all month long. This year’s theme is “Moving Forward Together! Women Educating & Inspiring Generations.” OCLS is a treasury of resources – if you want to chat about a…
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Q&A with Women in the Arts, Inc.
Women in the Arts, Inc. will host its annual event, the Women in the Arts Expo, March 29 in the Melrose Center at Orlando Public Library. We spent some time with founder Maria Guerrero to talk about the organization, the Expo and the broad impact her organization has in the Central Florida arts community. Tell…
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The Best Time to Read Black Literature
So many little things have become intrinsic to me as a person through reading. There are lines that I quote daily. There are passages I tear up just thinking about. There are words that have become essential to my vocabulary. I can barely begin to express in words how much reading has changed my life.…
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Book Recommendation: “Aphrodite and the Duke” by JJ McAvoy
I judge books by their cover. I know it is not what people should do, but when you have worked at as many bookstores and libraries as I have you start to know what will capture your attention. That is how I discovered Aphrodite and the Duke by JJ McAvoy. When I saw Aphrodite and…
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