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Prom Dress Giveaway

Prom Dress Giveaway in Toms River, Brick, & Little Egg Harbor this March!

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Access Video

Celebrate Black History Month with Access Video.

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Snapshot Month

Join us for the 2024 Snapshot Month!

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Adult and Children Winter Reading Challenges

Adult and Children Winter Reading Challenges for 2024

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One Book OCL Book Club

Kickstart 2024 by joining the One Book OCL Book Club. Our first book of the year is The Engineer's Wife by Tracey Enerson Wood.

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Black History Month Programming

February is Black History Month!

Celebrate with these programs around the library system.

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Black History Month Kanopy film collection.

Join us in honoring Black History Month with this collection of narrative and documentary films on Kanopy.

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Rockin' the Hits on the 88 Keys

Rockin' the Hits on the 88 Keys - Various Date & Locations

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Celebrate your love of the library with this collection on hoopla.

February is Library Lovers Month! Celebrate your love of the library with this collection on hoopla.

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Snapshot Month

Tell us what you love about Ocean County Library for Snapshot Month NJ 2024.

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Celebrate Black History Month with these Great Reads

Celebrate Black History Month with these Great Reads

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Prom Dress Giveaway in Toms River, Brick, & Little Egg Harbor this March!

Prom Dress Giveaway in Toms River, Brick, & Little Egg Harbor this March!

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Join our New Reading Challenge & Read 100 Books before Graduation

Join our New Reading Challenge & Read 100 Books before Graduation

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Romance Reads

Fall in Love with these Romance Reads!

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Check out our teen craft programs this month!

Check out our teen craft programs this month!

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Black History Month Programming

Click here for activities and programs at all our branches

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Explore life in every continent, right where you are!

Explore life in every continent, right where you are!

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Snapshot Month

What do you love about OCL? Tell us here

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Bingepass! Seven days of audio, video, podcasts, & courses

Bingepass! Seven days of audio, video, podcasts, & courses

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Sample & borrow the newest titles online with your OCL card

Sample & borrow the newest titles online with your OCL card

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