Marion County Public Library System - FL

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https://www.marionfl.org/agencies-departments/departments-facilities-offices/public-relations The Marion County Public Library System provides public library services to the residents of Marion County, Florida. Our Vision

The Marion County Public Library System serves as a center of community engagement where citizens are informed, inspired and empowered.

06/01/2026

Take a trip back through Marion County in 1965! 🎥🍊

This historic tourism film from the Florida Memory archives features some familiar sights along U.S. Highway 27, including beautiful Silver Springs, roadside citrus stands, and classic “Old Florida” attractions that once brought travelers streaming through Ocala and Marion County on their way south to Miami.

One detail that really stands out: in 1960, the population of Marion County was just 51,616 people!

You’ll spot vintage cars, mid-century tourist culture, orange groves, and the kind of roadside Americana that defined travel before the interstate era.

What's going on at our libraries this week? For the full calendar, visit our website or reach out to us for more info! B...
05/31/2026

What's going on at our libraries this week? For the full calendar, visit our website or reach out to us for more info! Be sure to give us a follow. 👍

Bring your family to one or all library locations, do something fun and let your kids, 18 years of age or younger, enjoy delicious BreakSpot meals. June 2- August 8 🍽

OMG!!! Ponies!!! Recently, Freedom Public Library staff were treated to a visit from Ponies for Patriots & Pint Size The...
05/30/2026

OMG!!! Ponies!!!

Recently, Freedom Public Library staff were treated to a visit from Ponies for Patriots & Pint Size Therapy. 🐎💕😀 Please come back for a visit anytime!

The votes are in and here are the winners of our staff pet photo contest!Luna won "Most Focused"Samwise won "Chompiest"J...
05/29/2026

The votes are in and here are the winners of our staff pet photo contest!

Luna won "Most Focused"
Samwise won "Chompiest"
Jonesy was voted "Best Supervisor"

Thanks for voting and congratulations to our winners! Treats for everyone! 🐾

to last summer’s Sidewalk Scribbles program at the Belleview Public Library, where creativity was chalk-full of fun! C...
05/28/2026

to last summer’s Sidewalk Scribbles program at the Belleview Public Library, where creativity was chalk-full of fun! Check out the latest issue of WORDS magazine to see all the exciting programs planned at library locations across Marion County this summer: https://library.marionfl.org/home/showpublisheddocument/28005

Make memories all summer long. Bring your family to one or all of these library locations, do something fun and let your...
05/27/2026

Make memories all summer long. Bring your family to one or all of these library locations, do something fun and let your kids, 18 years of age or younger, enjoy delicious BreakSpot meals. Check out this menu of offerings!

BreakSpot meals are USDA sponsored in partnership with the Shores Assembly of God.

Today, we celebrate International Dracula Day! Bram Stoker’s original gothic tale "Dracula" was published on May 26, 189...
05/26/2026

Today, we celebrate International Dracula Day! Bram Stoker’s original gothic tale "Dracula" was published on May 26, 1897. Did you know it took Stoker seven years to write the novel? The idea for Dracula is speculated to have first come to him in a nightmare, which he later expanded through research into Transylvanian folklore and history. He went back and forth with the manuscript so much that he nearly didn’t finish, worrying that “no one would remember it.” The book was almost titled "Count Wampyr" until he came across the name “Dracula” in the Whitby Public Library while on holiday.

A chilling masterpiece shaped by dreams, doubts, and deep research. Dracula continues to cast his long shadow more than a century later. 🧛‍♂️🦇📖

05/25/2026

Marion County Veterans are invited to share their firsthand accounts of military experience through the One Nation, Many Stories Veterans History Project. These personal stories will be available soon in video format for public viewing on the Marion County Public Library System Biblioboard platform.

For more information about the project and how to participate, call Marion County Veterans Services at 352-671-8422

All locations of the Marion County Public Library System are closed today in observance of Memorial Day. Open hours will...
05/25/2026

All locations of the Marion County Public Library System are closed today in observance of Memorial Day. Open hours will resume on Tuesday.

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2720 E Silver Springs Boulevard
Ocala, FL
34470

Telephone

+13526718551

Website

http://librarycat.marionfl.org/readingderby

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