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Renee Di Pilato. Employees. 158.5 FTE. Website. sarasotacountylibraries.com. References: FY 2020 Adopted Budget [1] The Sarasota County Library System is the public library system that serves Sarasota County in the U.S. state of Florida. It consists of 10 locations, including a central library located in the city of Sarasota.
The current Selby Library building was designed by architect Eugene Aubry who also designed the Wortham Theater Center and Richland Library.Constructed in 1998 and at 73,000 square feet (6,800 m 2), Selby Library is the largest library facility in the County library system.
The library is one of the 11 libraries of the Florida State University Library system. It is also one of the largest and most comprehensive art research libraries in the southeastern US. [28] The collection is also searchable through the FSU Libraries Catalog. Admission to the library is free, and open to the public on weekdays, from 1–5. [29]
A Sarasota County spokeswoman said via email Tuesday that Sarasota County pays annual dues of $1,300 to the American Library Association and $2,673 to the Florida Library Association.
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The Chidsey Library opened in May 1941 as the Sarasota's first public library building. [1] The building was dedicated to John and Ida Chidsey in November 1941 as they made the building possible by helping pay for the majority of the cost for the project, which was approximately $25,000, [3] equivalent to $400,000 in 2023. [4]
August 20, 2024 at 1:45 PM. A library dean at a Florida college that has been overhauled by state Republicans and their allies has been placed on administrative leave after hundreds of books, many ...
History of Florida. The earliest known identification of the area known today as Sarasota, Florida, was identified on a sheepskin Spanish map from 1763 with the word "Zarazote" written over the location of present-day Sarasota and Bradenton. [1] A 1776 British map by Bernard Romans lists a "Boca Sarasota" in the local area.