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The Brevard County Library System is a public library system in Brevard County, Florida that coordinates activities between its member public libraries, which collectively serve Brevard County. It is composed of 17 distinct branches stemming all the way from Mims to Micco, with the central administrative and largest of these libraries being the ...
The history of the Eau Gallie Public Library began with the Eau Gallie Women's Club, whose members began exchanging books and periodicals among themselves in the 1920s and 1930s. The informal exchange went on to become a more formal circulating library in 1939 when some shelves and 22 books were set up in the office of one of the members of the ...
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The decision to remove the services frustrated some parents and teachers who said the services helped engage young learners at no cost to the district
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Most of the libraries in Brevard County were initiated by a club or an interested group of citizens which started a library program in their area or city. The first five public libraries in the county - Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Eau Gallie, Melbourne, and North Brevard in Titusville - were all started in this fashion. [25]
The Brevard County Library System has 17 branches. [261] Although the Merritt Island Public Library is counted as part of the Brevard County Public Library System, it is part of a separate library district. In 2005, HB1079 was passed to codify all the special acts under which the Merritt Island Public Library District exists. [262]
In 1895, the first library in Brevard County was established in Cocoa as a community effort undertaken by the women of Cocoa. In 1959, after five libraries had been established in Brevard County, Florida Statute 150 was put into effect to provide public funding to these libraries in recognition that they would serve all residents in Brevard County.