The district has hundreds of titles in its virtual library that cardholders can access via Odilo, an eBook distribution service. Odilo is based in Spain and distributes more than 100,000 titles of digital literature to libraries in a variety of languages, primarily Spanish.

The collection features literature for all ages, including some best-sellers and old favorites. 

“We live in a wonderfully diverse community,” said county librarian Nancy Howe in a press statement. “While our libraries already have varied international collection of books, DVDs and CDs, we wanted to go above and beyond in the selection, availability and quality of Spanish literature and broadcasts currently found in our libraries.”

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than half of Santa Clara County residents over the age of 5 speak a language other than English. Of the 1.9 million people living in the county, more than 19 percent speak Spanish in their homes.

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