Orange County Library System

Orange County Library System creates and implements educational opportunities that inspire and engage students, paving the way for academic success. The library hosts "Explore Tech Engineers," a traveling exhibit with engineering-related displays, presentations, and activities to geared for the county's most disadvantaged students. Family STEM nights, Maker Mondays, and STEM club are some of the many ways families can incorporate STEM activities into their library visit. The library partners with the local school district to provide each student a virtual library card, giving all district students access to a specially-curated suite of online resources that support language skills development, exploration in science, and discovery in research. In recent years, Orange County has seen an influx of Haitian immigrants. Responding to this population, the library began translating a variety of material into the Haitian-Creole language and providing ESOL citizenship classes.