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Tracie D. Hall (born 1968) [1] is an American librarian, author, curator, and advocate for the arts who served as the executive director of the American Library Association from 2020 to 2023. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Hall is the first African American woman to lead the association since its founding in 1876.
The SouthShore Regional Library is part of the Tampa–Hillsborough County Public Library System (THPL), and is the largest branch of the Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative (HCPLC). Opened in October 2006, this 40,000 square foot facility is located at 15816 Beth Shields Way in Ruskin, and serves the surrounding Ruskin, Sun City ...
The Bloomingdale Library was expanded by an additional 10,000 square-feet in 2013, thereby making it a regional library. This additional space was geared towards creating a larger children's room, community rooms, seating for studying, a larger Friends of the Library Book Store, and more area for technology and teen activities. [7]
The library system was named "Library of the Year" in 1996 by Library Journal and Gale Research. [9] By 1998, the Broward County Library was the ninth largest library system in the United States, employing over 700 part-time and full-time employees with at least 200 being professional librarians, as well as engaging over 2,000 volunteers to ...
Northwest Regional Library: 519 Chiquita Blvd. N. Cape Coral, FL 33993 Pine Island Public Library: 10701 Russell Road Bokeelia, FL 33922 Riverdale Branch Library: 2421 Buckingham Road Fort Myers, FL 33905 South County Regional Library: 21100 Three Oaks Parkway Estero, FL 33928 Talking Books Library: 1651 Lee Street Fort Myers, FL 33901
In 1998 a second branch, Harmony Library, was constructed on Harmony Road in southwest Fort Collins. Harmony Library is a joint-use facility operated by Front Range Community College and the library district. [5] In 2009 the district opened a third branch, Council Tree Library, in southeast Fort Collins at Front Range Village Shopping Center.
They often work with library management or the library board in various capacities. [17] A survey conducted in 1977 and 1978 found that Friends groups that worked with the library's director were often successful groups. [18] In some areas, library directors have requested that Friends of the Library join larger, statewide groups. [19]
In 1977, a second Camden County library opened in Kingsland. In 1978, the two libraries in Kingsland and St Marys were officially designated as Camden County Public Library and St Marys Public Library. [6] The regional library system was renamed as the Three Rivers Regional Library System in 2000, [7] a nod to the three rivers -- the Altamaha ...