Special Collections
Special collections are scattered throughout member libraries throughout the county.
These collections include:
Clearwater
- Clearwater Sun Archives – Main Library
- Wickman Collection – A collection of books and materials about boating, yachting, and the sea – Main Library
- Leadership Collection – A collection of books and materials on business leaders and leadership methods – Main Library
- Florida Collection – A collection of books and materials (fiction and non-fiction) on the State of Florida – Main Library
- African American Collection – North Greenwood Branch
Dunedin
- In addition to the standard fiction, genre fiction and non-fiction collections in regular and Large Print for all ages, the Dunedin Public Library has an excellent audio-visual collection. This collection features DVDs, videos, audiobooks on CD and cassette, music CDs and interactive CD ROMs.
- John A. Mease, Jr. Genealogical Collection – mostly early New England sources Morton Plant Mease medical reference collection
Gulf Beaches
- African American Films
- Art – “How to” (Watercolors)
- Foreign Films
- Florida Collection
- Large Print
- Westerns
Gulfport Public Library
- Gabber Archives
- Gulfport Gabber Archives
- LGBTQ Collection
- Russian Language Collection
Largo
- English Language Learning
- Genealogy
- Local History
- Spanish Language Collection
- Parent/Teacher Collection
Palm Harbor Library
- Adaptive Toys
- Business Center
- First Steps to Go
- Florida Collection
- LP’s with turntable
- Launchpads
- Literacy Collection
- Musical Instruments
- Playaway Views
- Robin Dombrowsky Genealogical Collection
- Spanish Collection (Adult & Juvenile)
- S.T.E.A.M. Kits
Barbara S. Ponce Public Library
- Adult New Reader (literacy) Collection
- Bilingual and Sign Language Collection – juvenile materials for learning foreign languages (primarily Spanish) and sign language instruction
- Professional Collection – resources for teachers and homeschool parents
- Spanish Language Collection
Safety Harbor
- Historical Safety Harbor Herald Newspapers from 1925 – 1972. Full sheets in archival encapsulation. May be viewed in the library.
- Deaf Collection
- Literacy Collection
- Spanish Collection
St Petersburg
- Florida History/St. Petersburg History (reference collection)
- Florida Index (subject index to St. Pete Times and other Florida publications)
- Government Documents collection (33% federal documents depository, plus Florida state documents)
- Pinellas County city directories (from c. 1916, with gaps)
- St. Petersburg Times microfilm
- St. Petersburg Evening Independent microfilm
St. Pete Beach
- Florida Collection – fiction, history, biography, travel, cooking, gardening about the Sunshine State
- Foreign and Documentary Films – large separate sections for foreign-language films and documentaries
- Music Collection – varied artists/genres in an extensive collection of CD music
Seminole
- Parent Teacher Collection – resources on parenting, teaching, and homeschooling (located in the children’s department, and designated with the letters PTC at the beginning of the call number)
Tarpon Springs
- Depository for materials on Stauffer Chemical Company Superfund Site and Tampa Bay Water Gulf Coast Desalination Project
- Florida Collection
- Foreign Language Collection, with an emphasis on Greek and Spanish
- Genealogy Collection
- Peska Business Center