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  •   Libraries and Historical Resources will be closed Jan. 21

    Libraries and Historical Resources will be closed on Monday, Jan. 21 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Normal hours will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 22.

    01/15/2019 1:49 PM

  • Winter Reading Challenge returns in January

    Sarasota County Libraries and Historical Resources will accept the Winter Reading Challenge starting in January, a national reading competition sponsored by billionaire and "Shark Tank" investor Mark Cuban.

    12/17/2018 10:25 AM

  • 2019 'One Book' selection, author visit

    Sarasota County Libraries and Historical Resources announces the return of the popular One Book, One Community program for 2019 with the selection of David Grann's "Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI."

    12/17/2018 10:23 AM

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