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It originally opened in a rented storefront located at 3837 Neptune St. in Tampa. In 1968, the library moved to its present location at 3909 Neptune St. On December 8, 1968, the library was dedicated by then-mayor, Dick Greco, Jr. The building was renovated in 1994. The name was changed in 2001 to honor a former chairman of the Tampa Library ...
The name "Neptune Beach" originated in 1922 with Dan G. Wheeler, one of the few residents. Wheeler had a home at what is now One Ocean Hotel (now in Atlantic Beach), and had to walk all the way home from Mayport each evening after taking the Florida East Coast Railway train home from work in Jacksonville. A friend who worked for the railroad ...
The Jacksonville Public Library is the public library system of Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It primarily serves Jacksonville and Duval County merged areas, and is also used by the neighboring Baker, Nassau, Clay, and St. Johns counties. It is one of the largest library systems in Florida, with a collection of over three million items.
The Florida Electronic Library (FEL) was founded in 2003 to provide nearly 200 million articles, ebooks, and other digital resources to the citizens of Florida.The FEL partners with Florida's public libraries in order to enhance the availability of resources and services to patrons.
Atlantic Beach also grew as a resort community around a large hotel, and smaller hotels were built at Mayport. Neptune Beach seceded from Jacksonville Beach in 1931 and incorporated as its own town. Ponte Vedra Beach and Palm Valley remained much more rustic into the 20th century. Palm Valley, especially, mostly consisted of farmland.
The Talking Books Library of the Brevard County Library System was established in 1988 as the ninth Sub-regional library in the Florida network for the blind and physically handicapped. Funded by the County and in cooperation with the National Library Service of the Library of Congress and the Regional Library in Daytona Beach, the service ...
On May 20, 2010, a new Friends of the Panama City Beach Public Library group was formed and is still in operation today. They are a valuable resource to the library. The new Panama City Beach Public Library opened its doors on June 1, 2010. [8] On June 01, 2011, the one-year anniversary of the new library was celebrated.
In 1895-96 only one free library in Florida having 3,000 volumes or more was reported (4,500) and was the Free Public Library in St. Augustine. The Name of the Librarian on record was John C. Wilson, president and the library reported that (1000) books had been issued during the year for home use. [5]