Here are stories about the Orange County Library System from the news media.
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Test your driving skills at Orlando Public Library |
FOX 35 Orlando
The Melrose Center’s driving simulator gives student drivers a chance to get hands-on practice in a low stakes environment.
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Best Use of Public Money: Orange County Library System
Orlando Weekly
Best of Orlando 2025
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Free online, in-person academic resources for students in Orange County
WESH Ch 2
WESH 2’s Jason Guy and Orange County Library System youth services librarian Elena Gonzalez discuss the array of support tools available to kids and teens.
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Orlando library has driving simulator to teach teens safe driving
WESH Ch 2
To help keep teen drivers safe, the Orange County Public Library in downtown Orlando has a driving simulator to practice and learn how to drive.
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Horizon West Library construction progresses
West Orange Times & Observer
Horizon West Library is taking shape. The walls of the new 20,000-square-foot library are up, and construction crews are working on the roof.
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A new library and regional park are to be completed soon in Horizon West |
West Orange Times & Observer
The Horizon West Library and the Horizon West Regional Park will be located off Hamlin Groves Trail.
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Pat Greene wants you to visit the Melrose Center
Bungalower
The Melrose Center expands the library’s role as a provider of informal learning and technology education. Instructors offer practical training relevant to the spaces, equipment, and software available in the Center, enabling community members to both contribute to and utilize emerging technologies
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Orlando, Leu Gardens and county library celebrate two decades of storytime
Orlando Sentinel
Storytime at Leu Gardens is part of the library’s public outreach effort, which in recent years has included mobile library book carts.
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Melrose Pop Festival at the downtown library features big names like Homeboy Sandman and B. Howard
Orlando Weekly
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.
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OCLS kicks off summer events, reading challenge and activities to keep kids, adults learning
Click Orlando
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.