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Lee County Library System (Florida)
The Lee County Library System was founded in 1964 and is composed of 13 branches which serve Lee County, Florida. Olive Stout, who arrived in Fort Myers, Florida in 1886, started the town's first reading room and was pivotal in founding its first library. Around 1955, the city moved the library into a small one room building. The Lee County Library System's mission is to strengthen the community by informing and enriching individuals. Branches Services The library system has over 1.5 million items available for patrons to use or check out, and circulates over 6 million items per year. The system also offers amenities such as meeting rooms, an online catalog and e-sources, as well as DVDs, CDs, and the streaming of movies and video. Each branch provides users with internet access, including wireless access points. The system also provides public access computers, and scan and print capabilities. Library Cards Adult Library cards are issued free of charge to individuals 18 years o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee County, Florida
Lee County is located in Southwest Florida on the Gulf Coast. As of the 2020 census, the population was 760,822. The county seat is Fort Myers (with a population of 86,395 as of the 2020 census), and the largest city is Cape Coral with an estimated 2020 population of 194,016. The county comprises the Cape Coral–Fort Myers, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lee County was created in 1887 from Monroe County. Fort Myers is the county seat and a center of tourism in Southwest Florida. It is about south of Tampa at the meeting point of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caloosahatchee River.Jane Colihan "Spring Break", ''American Heritage'', February/March 2006 Lee County is the home for spring training of the |
Bonita Springs Public Library
Bonita may refer to: Music * "Bonita" (Antônio Carlos Jobim song), 1963 * "Bonita", a song by J Balvin, 2017 * "Bonita", a song by Juanes and Sebastián Yatra, 2019 Places Turkey * Bonita (Paphlagonia), an ancient town United States * Bonita, Arizona * Bonita, California, in San Diego County * Bonita, Madera County, California * Bonita, Kansas * Bonita, Louisiana * Bonita, Oregon * Bonita, Texas * Bonita, Washington * Bonita, Wisconsin * Bonita Avenue, in Baltimore County, Maryland * Bonita Canyon, in the Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona * Bonita Channel, a shipping channel in Marin County, California * Bonita Creek, a stream in Orange County, California * Bonita Falls, a set of waterfalls in California Schools * Bonita Elementary School District, Graham County, Arizona * Bonita Unified School District, Los Angeles County, California ** Bonita High School, La Verne, California Ships * ''Bonita'' (1900 sternwheeler), a steamboat in Oregon, U.S. * USS ''Bonita'', various shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Myers Regional Library
Fort Myers Regional Library is a public library located in downtown Fort Myers, Florida. It is part of the Lee County Library System. Location Fort Myers Regional Library is located at 2450 First St., Fort Myers, FL 33901. The library is in the River District of downtown Fort Myers. Services Fort Myers Regional Library provides access to a large collection of fiction and non-fiction materials. The location offers public computers, Wi-Fi access, meeting and study rooms, printing, and scanning. The library is a Florida State Publications Depository Library, housing and providing public access to publications from Florida state agencies. Genealogy The Fort Myers Regional Library branch houses the county library system's genealogy collection, the largest in Southwest Florida, in their dedicated Genealogy Room. Patrons can access print, microform, and digital resources for their research needs. The library is designated as a Family History Library Affiliate, providing access ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Fust Community Library
Johann Fust Community Library is a public library in Boca Grande, Florida. It is part of the Lee County Library System. Location Johann Fust Community Library is located at 1040 West 10th Street in Boca Grande, Florida. It has been called a point of cultural interest in the village. History The Johann Fust Community Library opened on January 1, 1950 as a private library. It was named after Johann Fust, the financier of the Gutenberg Press A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in which the c .... In 1949, Roger and Louise Armory gave the library to Boca Grande.(February 1949)The Johann Fust Community Library of Boca Grande, Florida ''Boca Grande Journal'' The couple pledged 68 shares of stock worth $44.200 and a loan of $10,000 to fund it. That same year, the library purchased a pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakes Regional Library
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger oceans, they do form part of the Earth's water cycle. Lakes are distinct from lagoons, which are generally coastal parts of the ocean. Lakes are typically larger and deeper than ponds, which also lie on land, though there are no official or scientific definitions. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams, which usually flow in a channel on land. Most lakes are fed and drained by rivers and streams. Natural lakes are generally found in mountainous areas, rift zones, and areas with ongoing glaciation. Other lakes are found in endorheic basins or along the courses of mature rivers, where a river channel has widened into a basin. Some parts of the world have many lakes formed by the chaotic drainage patterns left over from the last ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southwest Florida Library Network
The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each separated by 90 degrees, and secondarily divided by four ordinal (intercardinal) directions—northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest—each located halfway between two cardinal directions. Some disciplines such as meteorology and navigation further divide the compass with additional azimuths. Within European tradition, a fully defined compass has 32 'points' (and any finer subdivisions are described in fractions of points). Compass points are valuable in that they allow a user to refer to a specific azimuth in a colloquial fashion, without having to compute or remember degrees. Designations The names of the compass point directions follow these rules: 8-wind compass rose * The four cardinal directions are north (N), east (E) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OverDrive, Inc
OverDrive, Inc. is a digital distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, online magazines and streaming video titles. The company provides digital rights management and download fulfillment services for publishers, libraries, schools, corporations and book retailers. History OverDrive was founded in 1986 and initially converted analog media to digital formats, such as interactive diskettes and CD-ROMs. In 2000, the company opened Content Reserve, an online ebook and downloadable audiobook repository from which its distribution business developed. In 2012, the company announced a series of service upgrades, including a browser-based ereader, audiobook streaming, which enable access to audiobooks via the company’s OverDrive Media Console app. The company also developed a Media Station, which allows users to browse their library's digital collection on touchscreen monitors and Internet workstations. An API is available which allows developers to integrate OverDrive content into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoopla (digital Media Service)
Hoopla (stylized as hoopla) is a web and mobile ( Android/iOS) library media streaming platform launched in 2010 for audio books, comics, e-books, movies, music, and TV. Patrons of a library that supports Hoopla have access to its collection of digital media. Hoopla Digital is a division of Midwest Tape. Business model Hoopla is free-of-charge for patrons of participating libraries. The content is paid for by library systems, using a "per circulation transaction model". Content Hoopla claims to have over 500,000 content titles across six formats. As of November 2016, Hoopla's content comprised 35% audiobooks (for which Hoopla has contracts with publishers such as Blackstone Audio, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster Audio, Tantor Audio, and others), followed by 22% movies (for which Hoopla has motion picture contracts with publishers such as Disney, Lionsgate, Starz, Warner Bros., and others), 19% music, 12% ebooks, 6% comics, and 6% television. Technology Hoopla content ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
