Week Calendar

Explore digital design with our HiTech Instructors! Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday. Register with an email address to receive an email with a link to join the online class.

While schools are closed get extra help with geometry topics! Come with questions for our HiTech instructors! Middle & High School. Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday.

Enhance your math savvy to improve your SAT score!  Examine the types of problems that are presented on the SAT and acquire test taking skills that will last a lifetime! Get expert advice from a HiTech instructor.

Explore digital design with our HiTech Instructors! Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday. Register with an email address to receive an email with a link to join the online class.

While schools are closed get extra help with geometry topics! Come with questions for our HiTech instructors! Middle & High School. Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday.

Enhance your math savvy to improve your SAT score!  Examine the types of problems that are presented on the SAT and acquire test taking skills that will last a lifetime! Get expert advice from a HiTech instructor.

Explore digital design with our HiTech Instructors! Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday. Register with an email address to receive an email with a link to join the online class.

While schools are closed get extra help with geometry topics! Come with questions for our HiTech instructors! Middle & High School. Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday.

Enhance your math savvy to improve your SAT score!  Examine the types of problems that are presented on the SAT and acquire test taking skills that will last a lifetime! Get expert advice from a HiTech instructor.

Explore digital design with our HiTech Instructors! Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday. Register with an email address to receive an email with a link to join the online class.

While schools are closed get extra help with geometry topics! Come with questions for our HiTech instructors! Middle & High School. Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday.

Enhance your math savvy to improve your SAT score!  Examine the types of problems that are presented on the SAT and acquire test taking skills that will last a lifetime! Get expert advice from a HiTech instructor.

Join other adults who knit crochet embroider and sew in an open forum for creating conversing sharing and learning.

Learn about the elements as you arrange the periodic table in this HiTech class. Name compounds, balance equations and discuss orbitals, electron configuration, and VSPER Theory. Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday.

Edit your photos and create amazing art with free online software in this HiTech class! Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday. Register with an email address to receive an email with a link to join the online class

Learn to code using the computing language Python from one of our HiTech instructors! No experience necessary. Middle & High School. Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday.

Learn about the elements as you arrange the periodic table in this HiTech class. Name compounds, balance equations and discuss orbitals, electron configuration, and VSPER Theory. Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday.

Edit your photos and create amazing art with free online software in this HiTech class! Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday. Register with an email address to receive an email with a link to join the online class

Play trivia through email! Categories and fun for everyone. Please email HCLS.trivia@hclibrary.org for the trivia round and other details.

Learn to code using the computing language Python from one of our HiTech instructors! No experience necessary. Middle & High School. Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday.

Learn about the elements as you arrange the periodic table in this HiTech class. Name compounds, balance equations and discuss orbitals, electron configuration, and VSPER Theory. Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday.

Edit your photos and create amazing art with free online software in this HiTech class! Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday. Register with an email address to receive an email with a link to join the online class

Learn to code using the computing language Python from one of our HiTech instructors! No experience necessary. Middle & High School. Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday.

Do you have a technology issue and need help figuring it out? Trying to get eBooks to work on your phone to no avail? Can't get that Gale Course to work? Ask an HCLS Instructor & Research Specialist about your library related tech woes.

Learn about the elements as you arrange the periodic table in this HiTech class. Name compounds, balance equations and discuss orbitals, electron configuration, and VSPER Theory. Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday.

Edit your photos and create amazing art with free online software in this HiTech class! Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday. Register with an email address to receive an email with a link to join the online class

Learn to code using the computing language Python from one of our HiTech instructors! No experience necessary. Middle & High School. Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday.

Missing out on book suggestions from HCLS staff? Join us virtually every 2nd and 4th Friday at 11:00 am to listen to HCLS instructors talk about their favorite books.

Receive fun and interactive activities that challenge thinking and help you stay mentally active through email. Email hcls.brainfitness@hclibrary.org to receive activities and instructions.

Dive into the Arduino philosophy of learning and create circuits using an Arduino simulator in this HiTech class! No programming experience necessary. Register once for all four sessions, Mon-Thurs. Registration required. Grades 6-12.

Brush up on your math skills with our HiTech instructors! Middle School. Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday. Register with an email address to receive an email with a link to join the online class.

How do films shape and connect us?
Watch the film prior to the actual discussion dates by signing up for a free Kanopy account through HCLS.

July 6  Handsome Devil

Dive into the Arduino philosophy of learning and create circuits using an Arduino simulator in this HiTech class! No programming experience necessary. Register once for all four sessions, Mon-Thurs. Registration required. Grades 6-12.

Brush up on your math skills with our HiTech instructors! Middle School. Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday. Register with an email address to receive an email with a link to join the online class.

Dive into the Arduino philosophy of learning and create circuits using an Arduino simulator in this HiTech class! No programming experience necessary. Register once for all four sessions, Mon-Thurs. Registration required. Grades 6-12.

Brush up on your math skills with our HiTech instructors! Middle School. Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday. Register with an email address to receive an email with a link to join the online class.

Dive into the Arduino philosophy of learning and create circuits using an Arduino simulator in this HiTech class! No programming experience necessary. Register once for all four sessions, Mon-Thurs. Registration required. Grades 6-12.

Brush up on your math skills with our HiTech instructors! Middle School. Register once for all four sessions, Monday - Thursday. Register with an email address to receive an email with a link to join the online class.

The Howard County Office of Human Rights invites you to attend a training session that will give you the tools and knowledge to be a good ally. 

Improve your ability to communicate and interact in German in a fun and casual setting. Register with an email to receive a link to join the online class. *Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation.

Ages 11-18 & Adults; 90 min.

Ages 14 and up. 30 min.

The Glenwood Branch Teen Advisory Board invites you to a celebration of local teen talent!

This introductory webinar on Advance Care Planning empowers participants to initiate conversations about their medical decisions if they become unable to speak for themselves.

Join Miss Chris from the East Columbia Branch for fairy tales, songs and rhymes.
Ages 2-6

This class is offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online.

Calling all Lego™ fans! Each week watch a brief video to receive new challenges. Then create and engineer your designs with LEGO™ blocks.  Register with an email address to receive a link to join the online class.

For Teens. Play HCLS trivia through Kahoot! Categories and questions designed for ages 13-17. Email HCLS.teentrivia@hclibrary.org to receive a link and instructions.

Virtual book discussion. 1st Mondays; 7 - 8 pm.

Jul 6: Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw

July 6: "The Affair at Styles" by Agatha Christie

Ask Maryland Master Gardeners questions and receive useful tips and practical advice. In partnership with Howard County Master Gardeners.

*Registration for this class series has closed*

Ages 5-8. 20-30 minutes. Participate in an online scavenger hunt by solving problems to discover the hunted items. This class has been prerecorded.

Go beyond the basics of Python programming with this instructor-led HiTech online course! Meet weekly for 1.5 hours to learn about dictionaries, tuples, regular expressions, objects, accessing web services, databases and more.

Spark your creativity, flex your writing muscles and find inspiration for your next writing project  with fun prompts, writing tips, resources to improve your craft, and more. This class has been prerecorded.

Ages 8-10.  20-30 minutes. Become a coder using bricks! Solve some secret codes in "brick" language then master a maze using computational thinking and basic coding skills. This class has been prerecorded.

Welcome sci-fi enthusiasts and other intrepid readers!

Meet weekly to discuss recommendations for sci-fi books shows and movies.

Play HCLS trivia through Kahoot! Categories and questions designed for ages 18+. Please email HCLS.trivia@hclibrary.org for the link and other details.