Library News

  • Inaugural Event a Success

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    The Library Foundation hosted its first fundraising luncheon on April 16 featuring Jeffrey Toobin, best-selling author and senior political analyst for CNN. Gulf Coast Community Foundation sponsored the luncheon and Sarasota Magazine was the exclusive media sponsor....
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  • Toobin outlines Supreme Court’s move to right

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    A quick but insightful tour through the past 60 years of the United States Supreme Court provided the center of author and legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin's speech Tuesday at a sold-out fundraising luncheon for the Library Foundation for Sarasota County....
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  • Imagination Library Saved!

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    As a result of a Gulf Coast Gives project, sponsored by the Library Foundation, 2500 children in Sarasota County are smiling because the Imagination Library has been funded for another year. A most generous donor from the Gulf Coast Community Foundation pledged $8500 of the $17,000 needed, if the balance...
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  • Save the Imagination Library Deadline Dec.31!

    Almost 2500 children in Sarasota County could lose a program that gives them a free book once a month to experience the joy of reading and build their own personal library. Every month, the Imagination Library sends enrolled children up to five years old a high-quality, age-appropriate picture book in...
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  • VIDEO: Sarasota County Library of the Year

    The Sarasota County Library System wins the 2012 Library of the Year Award from the Florida Library Association....
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