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Support Your Library! Advocate for State Aid to Libraries!

The 2012 Legislative Session is underway and will provide library supporters from across the state with the opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to public library service. The Florida Library Association's 2012 Legislative Platform supports libraries of all types in Florida and key for public libraries is its support of the State Aid to Public Libraries grant program.

"The Florida Library Association supports working toward the restoration of State Aid to Public Libraries from the current $21,300,000 to the $33,400,000 appropriated in 2000-2001. If funding is reduced further, vitally needed federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds received by Florida will be reduced. Florida received LSTA funding of $8.1 million in 2011."

State aid provides critical funding that enables libraries to provide services such as:

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Local economic development — libraries provide vital services to small businesses and job seekers
Access to government services, especially e-government — public libraries are the "go to" place when Floridians need to use a computer and access the Internet to get government services.
Education and reading — libraries are the safety net that ensures that students of all ages succeed in school. Florida's public libraries offer almost 40 million items for learning and reading.

The Pinellas Public Library Cooperative (PPLC) and its Board of Directors ask that you contact key Legislative Leaders and Committee Chairs, and members of the Pinellas County Legislative Delegation, in support of $21.3 million in State Aid to Public Libraries funding in the 2012 session. The portion of those state funds received locally support a wide range of services including; the Talking Book Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, the Deaf Literacy Center, Automation System Support, programs and services for children, young adults, and adults, courier services, and publications such as the Calendar of Events you are currently reading, to name a few.

Public library funding has received strong support from Florida legislators during difficult economic times. We appreciate all of those legislators and leaders who continue to see the importance of providing funding to support the vital services provided by Florida's public libraries. Please take the time now to let them know you support $21.3 million in State Aid to Public Libraries funding in 2012.

Click HERE to find contact information for the 2012 Legislation Session.

Pinellas Talking Book Library Celebrates Its Volunteers

As 2011 drew to a close, the Pinellas Talking Book Library held an annual luncheon to recognize its valuable volunteers and to honor their service to our agency and library patrons. After the luncheon which was sponsored by the Pinellas Public Library Cooperative, each volunteer was presented with a certificate acknowledging their many hours of service during the year, as well as tokens of appreciation for their efforts. The volunteers received a personal thank you for their support and commitment to the Talking Book Library by the Pinellas Public Library Cooperative Board Members Jan Setzekorn and Janet O' Harrow.

The Pinellas Talking Book Library provides Braille and recorded materials to print disabled residents of Pinellas and Sarasota Counties. To learn more about the TBL, or if you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please call us at (727) 441-9958.

Pinellas Energy Project

UF/IFAS Pinellas County Extension has teamed-up with Pinellas County Libraries to offer a fun and factual new energy — conservation program. The goal of the Kill-a-Watt Campaign is to help Pinellas citizens monitor their home's energy use to lower power bills. Check your local library for Kill-a-Watt monitors that you may borrow to evaluate your home. Sign-up for a class to learn more about the monitor and easy ways to save energy in the home; classes will be offered throughout the county. Click HERE for more information.

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