Membership
TBLC and its member libraries work to encourage collaboration, resource sharing, staff development, and innovations to ensure that the people of central Florida receive excellent, up-to-date library services and have access to the world of information. Libraries in Citrus, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lake, Manatee, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota and Saint Lucie counties can be members of TBLC.
Membership in the Consortium can be as a full member or an associate member. Full members are held to the TBLC Membership criteria and are governing members of the Consortium. Associate membership entitles a library or group of libraries to limited membership benefits with the opportunity for TBLC staff to assist the library in reaching full member status.
When a new library applies for membership in TBLC their membership application is presented to the TBLC Board of Directors for approval at one of their bi-monthly meetings. If approved, this applicant is given provisional membership pending the next TBLC Annual Meeting. At the TBLC Annual Meeting, held in November of each year, the full membership votes on approval of all provisional members. Once approved at the Annual Meeting a provisional member becomes a member of TBLC. Choose a membership below.

Membership Criteria
To qualify for full membership, libraries must meet the membership criteria:
- Member libraries are encouraged to participate in the Florida Interlibrary Loan Network (FLIN) to provide information and materials to Florida library users and to maintain their bibliographic records in the Florida Catalog, OCLC WorldCat.
- Member libraries have at least one full-time person with a degree in library and information science or experience in library administration.
- Member libraries have materials and services sufficient to meet minimum needs of their clientele.
Dues are based upon expenditures in previous fiscal year. Surveys are conducted periodically. TBLC annually determines if there has been a change in status. Official statistical reports and surveys are used to determine expenditures in the most recently completed fiscal year.
Dues Schedule: (Effective October 2012)
Special Library, Individual School Library, all other libraries with budgets under $100,000: $500
$100,000 – $749,999: $600
$750,000 – $1,499,999: $750
$1,500,000 – $2,999,999: $1,000
$3,000,000 – $4,999,999: $1,250
$5,000,000 – $9,999,999: $1,500
Over $4,999,999: $2,500
A vote of the full members at the TBLC Annual Meeting in November is required to change the dues schedule. Changes are implemented in the following fiscal year, beginning the next October.
Become A Member!
Request Membership Package Email Jim at jim@tblc.org
Member Libraries
TBLC members include state colleges and state university system libraries, private academic schools, colleges and universities, public school systems, and public and special libraries. Together these libraries serve over 6.3 million Floridians in central Florida, or over a third of Florida’s population, in 18 of Florida’s 67 counties; Citrus, Desoto, Glades, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lake, Manatee, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, and Saint Lucie
All Children's Hopsital Medical Library and Family Resource Center | ![]() | More Information |
Altierus Career College | ![]() | More information |
Anton Brees Carillon Library at Bok Tower Gardens | ![]() | More Information |
Auburndale Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Barry University School of Law Library | ![]() | More Information |
Bartow Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Bay Pines Veterans Hospital Medical Library | ![]() | More Information |
Bruton Memorial Library | ![]() | More Information |
Citrus County Library System | ![]() | More Information |
Clearwater Public Library System | ![]() | More Information |
Dali Museum Library | ![]() | More Information |
DeSoto County Library | ![]() | More Information |
Dundee Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Dunedin Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Eagle Lake Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
East Lake Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Eckerd College Library | ![]() | More Information |
Elling Eide Center Research Library and Preserve | ![]() | More Information |
Eustis Memorial Library | ![]() | More Information |
Everglades University Library | ![]() | More Information |
Florida A&M University College of Law Library | ![]() | More Information |
Florida College Library | ![]() | More Information |
Florida Fish and Wildlife-Research Information Center | ![]() | More Information |
Florida Industrial and Phosphate Research Institute | ![]() | More Information |
Florida Polytechnic University | ![]() | More Information |
Florida Southern College Library | ![]() | More Information |
Fort Meade Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Full Sail University | ![]() | More Information |
Glades County Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Gulf Beaches Public Libary | ![]() | More Information |
Gulfport Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Gwinnett Institute-Orlando | ![]() | More Information |
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Library | ![]() | More Information |
Haines City Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Hardee County Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Heartland Library Cooperative | ![]() | More Information |
Heritage Village Archives and Library | ![]() | More Information |
Hernando County Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Highlands County Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
HIllsborough Community College Library | ![]() | More Information |
Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative | ![]() | More Information |
Indian River County Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Indian River State College Library | ![]() | More Information |
Indian Rocks Beach Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Jane Bancroft Cook Library New College of Florida & USF at Sarasota Manatee | ![]() | More Information |
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library | ![]() | More Information |
Juvenile Welfare Board Children's Services Council of Pinellas County | ![]() | More Information |
Keiser University (Lakeland, Sarasota, Tampa) | ![]() | More Information |
Lake Alfred Public Library | ![]() | Lake Alfred Public Library |
Lake County Library System | ![]() | More Information |
Lake Sumter State College | ![]() | More Information |
Lake Wales Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Lakeland Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Largo Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Latt Maxcy Memorial Library | ![]() | More Information |
Leesburg Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
MacDill Air Force Base Library | ![]() | More Information |
Maitland Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Manatee County Public Library System | ![]() | More Information |
Mote Marine Laboratory Library | ![]() | More Information |
Mulberry Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
New Port Richey Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Okeechobee Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Oldsmar Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Olin Library at Rollins College | ![]() | More Information |
Osceola County Public Library System | ![]() | More Information |
Palm Harbor Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Pasco County Public Library System | ![]() | More Information |
Pasco-Hernando State College | ![]() | More Information |
Pinellas Park Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Pinellas Public Library Cooperative | ![]() | More Information |
Polk City Library | ![]() | More Information |
Polk County Historical & Genealogical Library | ![]() | More Information |
Polk County Law Library | More Information | |
Polk County Library Cooperative | ![]() | More Information |
Polk State College | ![]() | More Information |
R.A. Williams Library | ![]() | More Information |
Ringling College of Art Library | ![]() | More Information |
Safety Harbor Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Saint Leo University Library | ![]() | More Information |
Sarasota County Public Library System | ![]() | More Information |
Seminole Community Library | ![]() | More Information |
South Florida State College Library | ![]() | More Information |
Southeastern University Library | ![]() | More Information |
Southern Technical College (Orlando, Tampa, Brandon, Auburndale) | ![]() | More Information |
St. Lucie County Library System | ![]() | More Information |
St. Pete Beach Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
St. Petersburg College Libraries | ![]() | More Information |
St. Petersburg Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota | ![]() | More Information |
Stetson University College of Law Library | ![]() | More Information |
Sumter County Library System | ![]() | More Information |
Tarpon Springs Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Temple Terrace Library | ![]() | More Information |
Trinity College Library | ![]() | More Information |
South Florida - St. Petersburg Library | ![]() | More Information |
University of South Florida - Tampa Library | ![]() | More Information |
University of South Florida St. Petersburg-Nelson Poynter Memorial Library | ![]() | More Information |
University of South Florida School of Information | ![]() | More Information |
University of Tampa Library | ![]() | More Information |
Valencia College Libraries | ![]() | More Information |
Warner University Library | ![]() | More Information |
Winter Haven Public Library | ![]() | More Information |
Zephyrhills Public Library | ![]() | More Information |