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Name that branch! 📍📚 This south Orlando library location recently added a community garden that teaches the benefits of sustainability and self-sufficiency to customers of all ages. Any guesses? The big reveal: bit.ly/3WIS5JM

Calling all @MelroseCenter users! If you've created a project using (at least in part) the Melrose studios, makerspace, sound booths or computers over the past few years, you can enter it in the 2024 Melrose Awards: bit.ly/3WzQJky

Welcome to the #LocalWanderer club Opera Orlando, presenting Murry Sidlin's concert-drama Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín. Request your passes through Local Wanderer: ocls.info/wander

We're hiring! 💼 🍊 Orange County Library System has several open positions including ESL Instructor, Branch Circulation Clerks and Assistant Branch Department/Manager! Visit ocls.info/jobs to see locations, salary and position requirements.

On August 21, join us virtually as we chat with New York Times bestselling author Shelby Van Pelt about her beloved novel "Remarkably Bright Creatures." Don’t miss this deep-dive exploration of friendship, reckoning, hope, and so much more! Register:

Happy Birthday, Danielle Steel! ❤️ The prolific author turns 77 today. What is your favorite Danielle Steel novel? Browse her books for check out: bit.ly/3WLQ3bJ

Hit the ground running this school year, with Back to School with OCLS! Check out all our different programs to help your family get ready for the school to start: bit.ly/4cXHQbF

Lady Evil Gloom reporting for duty! 👋

Calling all homeschooled teens! Register for the West Oaks Branch's Stippling class on Friday, August 23. Learn how to dip and dot and stipple away at a painting of your own design. Learn more:

Wine at the library? And there's chocolate? Get swept away in seaside magic with romance author Brenda Jackson at Chickasaw Branch September 20. bit.ly/4fUEt6Y

August 21 is Poet's Day! ✍️ Check out one of the library's hundreds of books of poetry and celebrate your inner poet: bit.ly/46MpA2t

We have rows and rows (and did I mention rows?) of Easy books at the perfect height for little hands to grab and enjoy. Find your branch: bit.ly/46GbC2f

Orange County Library System will be closed Sunday, September 1 and Monday, September 2 in observance of Labor Day. The library system will resume current hours of operation on Tuesday, September 3.

Are you a writer in need of advice, answers and/or inspiration? 📝 Then check out our Writers’ Corner! Sign up for upcoming events to help hone your craft, plus workshop with other writers: bit.ly/350v7GS

Add even more books to your #TBR stack! Find librarian-led book discussions in Orange County, online book clubs, and other resources for book club groups at OCLS. Learn more: bit.ly/3AjS8nM

Calling all Orlando #jobseekers! 💼 Network and interview with over 100+ employers under one roof on Wednesday, September 11! There will be job openings in various industries around Central Florida. Learn more: bit.ly/3nQCCpB

#OTD in 1830, a race was held between a steam-powered locomotive and a horse-drawn railroad car. It was meant to prove the superiority of the steam engine, but the horse won after the locomotive broke down. Learn more: bit.ly/3p5NUHx

The Fairview Shores Branch will be closed for minor improvements, starting Monday, September 9. The location is expected to re-open for regular business hours on Monday, September 23. While the location is closed, customers may still return items using the book drop.

Garrett Graff will speak virtually on September 10 about his body of work with particular focus on his oral histories, "The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11" and "When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day." Register: bit.ly/3WuWrEv