Do you have little ones at home, not yet school-aged? Have you noticed how they are growing up so fast? Well, what better way to get them prepared for the big wide world ahead than by reading together. We have an exciting new list of 100 Books to Read Together Before Kindergarten.

The Kids, Teen, and Preschooler Winter Challenges are now completed! Thank-you to all who participated! Gift card winners have received their prizes.

A change is coming to Lynda.com, the library’s source for video courses about business, project management, and popular software. On March 24, Lynda will be moving to a new site and changing its name to LinkedIn Learning for Libraries.

At the February 17 meeting of the Okanagan Regional Library Board of Trustees, the Board welcomed new members of the Board and held elections for the Board Officers positions.

Love the RBdigital Magazine collection? Now you can read RBdigital favourites like The Economist, Us Magazine, The New Yorker, and thousands more on the same site you get your digital books! Find them on the ORL's OverDrive collection at https://orl.overdrive.com the Libby App!

West Kelowna Council has approved Johnston Davidson Architecture as the design team who will work with the City and the Okanagan Regional Library to design West Kelowna’s first City Hall/Library Building.

The Okanagan Regional Library has extra services for the approximately 10% of Canadians who cannot read standard books because of a print disability. If changing the format of a print book makes it possible to read, the library can help.

On December 17, our digital books from our RBdigital collection will be moving to our ORL eBooks|OverDrive collection, so you can find your favorite books all in one place. You will continue to be able to browse, borrow, and enjoy all the same great eBooks and eAudiobooks you loved, but they will be available in Libby App and on the ORL eBooks website.

All Okanagan Regional Library locations will begin their annual holiday closure period beginning Thursday, December 24 through Sunday, January 3. Library branches will resume normal operating hours on Monday, January 4, 2021.

Hey kids and teens, showcase your creativity and imagination with our fun challenges!

Beginning December 1, we are increasing the number of digital books you can borrow at a time from the ORL eBooks|OverDrive collection! Borrow up to 10 digital books at a time, and place requests on up to 10 digital books at time.

At the November 18, 2020 meeting of the Okanagan Regional Library Board of Trustees, the Board: approved the 2021 budget with a minimal less than 1% increase (0.75%), recognizing that taxpayers face many challenges with COVID-19.

Calling on life-long learners! Feeling nostalgic for back-to school feeling this time of year? Get back to class from the comfort of home with The Great Courses (from Kanopy Streaming Films) and your library card.

Golden Library, a branch of the Okanagan Regional Library [ORL], will be temporarily closed for renovations from August 26 to September 17.

The Okanagan Regional Library will begin re-opening its branches to our patrons once again with Phase 3: Browse & Borrow service. The change will happen gradually within our 30 branches throughout July, replacing the curbside holds pick-up service.

Library service at Okanagan Regional Library branches will increase starting June 2. We have missed the in-person service to our customers, and although we have continued to serve you virtually, we are very excited to begin our restoration of library services to include lending physical materials once again - via curbside pickup.

We know you would like to be back in your local library branches and able to check out materials, and we miss you, and are looking forward to the day we can reopen our library branches again. Until then, please visit us at www.orl.bc.ca. You can ask questions using our online chat to learn how we can serve you at this time, or just call us to say hi at 1-844-649-8127. We’d love to talk to you.

Based on the direction and recommendation of the public health officials, and out of care and concern for the public, our customers and our staff, we will be closing until further notice all Okanagan Regional Library branches effective tomorrow, Tuesday, March 17.

As you know, the Okanagan Regional Library has been closely monitoring the developments related to COVID-19. This is a continually evolving situation, and we continue to try to follow the advice of our health authorities and science as opposed to the hype and rumours.

We know that we need to balance public service with public safety. We are following the advice of the Public Health Agency of Canada, BC Ministry of Health and the Interior Health Authority.