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Lynx Bus Routes
The Orlando Public Library is on Central Blvd between Rosalind and Magnolia and is served by the downtown Lymmo service as well as routes # 3,6,7,11,13 and 51.
Lynx Maps & Schedules
Orlando Public Library - Children's Department 9:15 AM
School Age & Group Program
Any person requiring special accommodations to participate in any class or program due to a disability may arrange for accommodations by contacting the location at which the event is held at least seven days prior to the event.
Orlando Public Library - Children's Department 9:45 AM
School Age & Group Program
Orlando Public Library - Purple Room 10:00 AM
Learn how to create, reply and forward e-mails using instructor guided self-paced tutorials.
Recommended Audience: Adults
Orlando Public Library - Children's Department 10:15 AM
School Age & Group Program
Orlando Public Library - Children's Department 10:45 AM
School Age & Group Program
Orlando Public Library - Purple Room 11:30 AM
Learn how to schedule personal appointments and group meetings using instructor guided self-paced tutorials.
Recommended Audience: Adults
Orlando Public Library - Blue Room 1:30 PM
Learn how to create a task list and add contacts to your personal address book using instructor guided self-paced tutorials.
Recommended Audience: Adults
Orlando Public Library - Purple Room 3:00 PM
Learn how to create folders and organize your e-mails using instructor guided self-paced tutorials.
Recommended Audience: Adults
Orlando Public Library - Virtual Classroom 7:00 PM
Schedule and manage work projects easily and assign tasks and resources efficiently using Gantt and PERT charts with this free open source application.
Orlando Public Library - Club Central 7:00 PM
It’s Japanamania! Join us for this Anime and Manga inspired mini-convention style party!!! Activities, games and contests. Don’t forget to dress up as your favorite manga or anime character for our annual Cosplay Competition. The winners of the Animanga Reality Contest will be announced. This program is hosted by the Animanga Club. The club meets the third Thursday of every month. Ages 13-18.
Handmade Doll Exhibit, Joan Chason - Children's
Joan Chason’s creative exhibit depicts children’s stories and nursery rhymes using handmade porcelain dolls and soft sculpture characters.
Holiday Compassion, Animal Rights Foundation of Florida - Third Floor Collections
The Animal Rights Foundation of Florida promotes healthy holiday eating and animal welfare.
Holiday Textiles, Weavers of Orlando - Reference Central, Second Floor
The Weavers of Orlando display weaving samples of holiday textiles. Special event tie in: Weavers of Orlando Holiday Show at the Donnelly Park Pavillion in Mt. Dora, December 4th through December 7th.
Holiday Textiles, Weavers of Orlando - Third Floor Landing
The Weavers of Orlando display weaving samples of holiday textiles. Special event tie in: Weavers of Orlando Holiday Show at the Donnelly Park Pavillion in Mt. Dora, December 4th through December 7th.
Protecting Orlando's Lakes - What You Can Do!, City of Orlando Streets and Stormwater Division - Third Floor Collections
The City of Orlando displays a simple watershed model to demonstrate the connection of storm drains to Orlando lakes. See how dumping pollutants like grass clippings, oil, car wash soaps, pet waste, paint, and other materials in drains and on streets affect our lakes. Special event tie in: St. Johns Cleanup, March 14, 2009, 9am to 11am
Volunteer Opportunities with Keep Orlando Beautiful, Keep Orlando Beautiful, Inc. - Club Central
Keep Orlando Beutiful, Inc. display photos and flyers related to volunteer opportunities in the City of Orlando. Projects include neighborhood and lake cleanups, painting and beautification events, and tree and garden plantings.
About the Library
The Orlando Public Library is the headquarters and resource center for the Orange County Library System. The 290,000 square foot downtown Orlando facility is the largest public library building in the state of Florida. The Library has been located at this site since its beginnings as the Albertson Public Library in 1923. Public Reference Departments in the Orlando Public Library include Children's, Genealogy, Law, Library Central, and Reference Central. The Children's Library offers spacious areas, special programs, computers and story rooms for our youngest readers and readers to be. A Computer Resource Center is located on the second floor and offers access to computers loaded with programs with word processing capabilities. The Friends of the Library Third Floor Bookstore is open daily and recycles withdrawn and donated books to the community. The Genealogy collection is one of the best in the Southeast and is a great place to begin research into family history.
Services and Programs
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The library collection includes books, audio books (tape and CD), informational and entertainment videos and DVDs, recorded music (tape and CD), world language materials, a Young Adult collection, an Adult Literacy Collection, Florida Collection, Disney archive as well as magazines for leisure reading and research plus microfilm.
- Public computers offering Internet access, and online reference resources including the Library catalog are located throughout the building.
- Drive-up window on Wall Street allows patrons to return items or call ahead and pickup materials while remaining in their cars.
- Five meeting rooms available for use by non-profit organizations. Request a room online or call us at 407.835.7323. Reading areas and study rooms for small groups of six or less are located on each of the four public levels.
- Regularly scheduled school-age and group programs every Tuesday and Thursday, every 30 minutes between 9:15 and 10:45
- Tiny Tales for Babies ages Birth to 18 months Friday and Saturday at 9:30 a.m.
- Toddler Time for ages 18 to 36 months every Friday and Saturday at 10:00 a.m.
- Family Storytime every Saturday at 11:00 a.m.
- Storybook Fun for ages 3-5 on Fridays and Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.
- Cuentame un Cuento, bilingual story program, every 1st Saturday of the month at 11:00 a.m.
- Various programs and displays for adults and children are offered throughout the year by the Library, Friends of the Library, and Community Organizations.
