Lake County Library System

The Lake County Public Library System (LCLS) is a library system located in Lake County, Florida.

Lake County Library System
Established1982
LocationLake County, Florida
Branches15
Websitewww.lakeline.lib.fl.us
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The history of the Lake County Library System began in 1975 when the Lake County Library Planning Advisory Board was created to make a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners for a county wide library system.

Mr. Cecil Beach, consultant, was retained to perform a feasibility study and make recommendations based on information obtained. Beach advised the Advisory Board to adopt the Inter-local Agreement Format for the county’s library organization. The Advisory Board concurred with his recommendation and reported that to the board of County Commissioners.

On September 29, 1982 the Lake County Board of County Commissioners authorized the signature of the county ordinance that established the county-wide library system. Charter members of the Lake County Library system were Cooper Memorial Library in Clermont, Eustis Memorial Library and the Umatilla Public Library.

By 1997, the Mount Dora Public Library which is now the W.T. Bland Public Library as well as the Fruitland Park Library and the Lady Lake Library had joined the Lake County Library System. However the Eustis Memorial Library withdrew from the Lake County Library System.

Today the Lake County Library System is governed by the Lake County Board of County Commissioners. The cooperative still operates through inter-local agreements between the governing bodies of its 9 member libraries, and through the operation of 6 branch libraries, with an administrative office in Tavares, Florida.[1]

The Lake County Library System mission is “To serve as the gateway to the world of information, ideas and entertainment for all county residents”.

Libraries

Services

Residents of Lake County have access to print and digital resources with an LCLS library card.Services[3] These resources include print books, audiobooks and e-books, as well as music and movies. The libraries also provide patrons with access to online resources, including internet access and online reference databases.[4] In addition to resource materials, LCLS provides outreach services to patrons of all ages.

Library cards are free to Lake County residents. Residents of Volusia, Seminole, and Marion counties can receive a free LCLS card by showing a valid library card from their county.

Lake County Library System additionally offers the following services:

  • Career Online High School
  • Adult Literacy Program
  • Ask a Librarian
  • Accelerated Reading Lists
  • Books by Mail
  • Technology Classes
  • Friends of the Library
  • Legal Resources
  • Reciprocal Borrowing
  • Talking Books for Sight Impaired
  • Hoopla (Leesburg Public Library)
  • Kanopy (Leesburg Public Library)

Databases

Lake County Library System also provides links to several databases for the convenience of their users.[3] These databases include:

  • Learning Express which offers a career center for improving workplace skills; a school center to help prepare for tests, get homework help and boost skills in core subjects; a college prep center for helping students prepare for the SAT/ACT and more; a college center which assists students with academic skills, placement tests, and entrance exams; a high school equivalency center that helps with GED's and other equivalency exams; and other resources.
  • AtoZ Databases providing users job search functions, reference, free E-mail services, and person/business search functions
  • Ancestry Library allows users to search ancestry history through ancestry.com
  • Heritage Quest
  • ABC Mouse for early learning for children ages 2–8
  • Florida Electronic Library which allows users to search the Lake County Library System for magazines, books, newspapers and more.
  • WorldCat Database allows users to search libraries worldwide.

References
  1. About the Lake County Library System. (n.d.). Lake County Library System website. Online, available: http://www.lakeline.lib.fl.us/about/default.aspx
  2. Tolle, Lois B. (1965). Torch Bearers: The Story of the Leesburg Public Library. Leesburg, FL: Friends of the Leesburg Library Association, Inc.
  3. "Lake County Library System".
  4. Online Reference Databases (n.d.). Lake County Library System website. Online, available: http://www.lakeline.lib.fl.us/databases/

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