Special Collections in Member Libraries

Special collections are scattered throughout member libraries throughout the county. These collections include:

Clearwater

• Clearwater Sun Archives - Main Library
• Wickman Collection - A collection of books and materials about boating, yachting, and the sea - Main Library
• Leadership Collection - A collection of books and materials on business leaders and leadership methods - Main Library
• Florida Collection - A collection of books and materials (fiction and non-fiction) on the State of Florida - Main Library
• African American Collection - North Greenwood Branch

Dunedin

• In addition to the standard fiction, genre fiction and non-fiction collections in regular and Large Print for all ages, the Dunedin Public Library has an excellent audio-visual collection. This collection features DVDs, videos, audiobooks on CD and cassette, music CDs and interactive CD ROMs.
• John A. Mease, Jr. Genealogical Collection - mostly early New England sources Morton Plant Mease medical reference collection

Gulf Beaches

• Foreign Films
• Florida Collection
• Westerns
• Art - "How to" (Watercolors)
• Large Print
• African American Films

Gulfport Public Library

• Russian Language Collection
• Gabber Archives
• Gulfport Gabber Archives

Largo

• Genealogy
• Local History
• Small Business Resource Center
• English Language Learning
• Spanish Language Collection
• Parent/Teacher Collection

Palm Harbor Library

• Dr. Teddy
• Adaptive Toys
• First Steps to Go
• LP's with turntable
• Business Center
• Spanish Collection (Adult & Juvenile)
• Literacy Collection
• Florida Collection
• Robin Dombrowsky Genealogical Collection

Pinellas Park

• Spanish Language Collection
• Adult New Reader (literacy) Collection
• Professional Collection - resources for teachers and homeschool parents
• Bilingual and Sign Language Collection - juvenile materials for learning foreign languages (primarily Spanish) and sign language instruction

Safety Harbor

• Historical Safety Harbor Herald Newspapers from 1925 - 1972. Full sheets in archival encapsulation. May be viewed in the library.
• Deaf Collection
• Literacy Collection
• Spanish Collection

St Petersburg

• Florida History/St. Petersburg History (reference collection)
• St. Petersburg Times microfilm
• St. Petersburg Evening Independent microfilm
• Florida Index (subject index to St. Pete Times and other Florida publications)
• Pinellas County city directories (from c. 1916, with gaps)
• Government Documents collection (33% federal documents depository, plus Florida state documents)

St. Pete Beach

• Sister City Collection - British-themed books, magazines and videos related to St. Pete Beach's friendship and cultural link with Sandown, Isle of Wight, England
• Florida Collection - fiction, history, biography, travel, cooking, gardening about the Sunshine State

Seminole

• Parent Teacher Collection - resources on parenting, teaching, and homeschooling (located in the children's department, and designated with the letters PTC at the beginning of the call number)

Tarpon Springs

• Peska Business Center
• Genealogy Collection
• Florida Collection
• Foreign Language Collection, with an emphasis on Greek and Spanish
• Depository for materials on Stauffer Chemical Company Superfund Site and Tampa Bay Water Gulf Coast Desalination Project