by Elise Aiello | Oct 17, 2019 | News, TBLC news
National Friends of Libraries Week Casey McPhee and Geri Remming It’s time to honor some of the hardest working volunteers in libraries – Friends of Libraries groups. United for Libraries will coordinate the 14th annual National Friends of Libraries Week which takes...
by Elise Aiello | Oct 11, 2019 | News, TBLC news
The Mark Mazurek Gaming Center opened Friday, September 27th, at the Palm Harbor Library. There was a large crowd of approximately 200 people in attendance as the brightly colored new center was unveiled. Bill Mazurek, father of Mark Mazurek a beloved young library...
by Elise Aiello | Sep 16, 2019 | News, TBLC news
805 Lit + Art, an award-winning literary journal published by the Manatee County Public Library System, is honored to announce the inclusion of a short story in The Best Small Fictions 2019. The short story, “Whatever They Told You Not to Be” by writer Natalie...
by Elise Aiello | Jun 10, 2019 | News, TBLC news, Uncategorized, website
Tricia Smith of the St. Petersburg Public Library System, and Chris Brackett of Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library presented a session titled “Queens, Kings, and ACE: LGBTQ+ Reader’s Advisory” at the 2019 FLA Conference. Both presenters were...
by Elise Aiello | Apr 25, 2019 | FLA, General interest, Innovation, News, TBLC news, Uncategorized
2019 Florida Library Association Award Winners Announced! The 2019 Florida Library Association Awards have been announced. Several TBLC member libraries have been honored: Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library Library of the Year Outstanding Business/Media...
by Kelly McDonald | Feb 26, 2019 | Conferences/events, Events, News, TBLC news, Uncategorized
Library MakerFest Daytona Beach Regional Library April 12, 2019 from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm We will be offering a $300 scholarship to 10 member libraries from our region to travel to Daytona Beach Regional Library and showcase in a booth. The deadline to apply is...
