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Welcome to Collier County Public Library
We can’t wait to meet you! Feel free to browse our online collections through our cutting edge website. Visit our 10 branches, tell us what you love to read and get to know our friendly staff. We have programming and events for all ages and encourage the entire family to become library card holders. Explore all that you can learn, read, listen to and do at Collier County Public Library.
Director’s Message
On behalf of the Collier County Board of County Commissioners, Library Advisory Board, library staff, and myself, I welcome you to the Collier County Public Library website. We are delighted you chose to visit us! Our website is your 24/7 portal to information, resources, and online materials. Find the library nearest you, check out eBooks, conduct research, reserve a meeting room, sign up for an educational or cultural experience, or Ask-A-Librarian. Library card holders receive unrestricted access to premium databases for eBooks, homework help, genealogy, and many other resources! We hope you will also take the opportunity to visit our libraries, meet our dedicated and knowledgeable staff, attend programs and events for all ages, use our Internet computers or access WiFi, check out materials, and get to know us. Staff look forward to handling your library needs. Library staff and I are here to serve you!Tanya R. Williams
Interim Library Division Director
Mission Statement
To provide educational environments, facilitate community engagement
and cultivate life-long learning.
History
From as early as the 1930s the Women’s Club of Naples had a “book room” that was open to the public. But in early 1957 Judge E.A. Wildermuth, Ben Parks, Jr., and Michael Chance were instrumental in forming a Friends of the Library organization that generated interest in crafting a public library for the burgeoning community. In September of 1957 the Board of County Commissioners voted 4-1 in favor of creating the Collier County Free Public Library, and the first incarnation was located at the corner of Third Street South and Broad Avenue. In addition, a bookmobile provided continuous services to county residents in remote locations such as Everglades City, Immokalee, and Marco Island. The first dedicated building was erected in 1966 at 650 Central Avenue and over the years has expanded to three regional libraries and seven branches.
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Advisory Board
The Collier County Public Library Advisory Board is appointed by the Board of County Commissioners. The five Library Advisory Board members establish library policy and recommend courses of action concerning the future development of the library system. Members serve four-year terms. Library Advisory Board meetings are open to the public. Meetings are generally held on the third Wednesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. Please check out our Events Calendar for the next scheduled meeting. Library Advisory Board meeting agenda information. For additional information about the Library Advisory Board, call the administrative office, located in the Headquarters Library, at 239.252.7311.
Vision Statement
Through high quality libraries, residents and visitors will reach their potential and communities will thrive.
