West Florida Regional Library, serving an area of 420,000 residents, has a collection of 360,000 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 36,000 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 14,700 video items, such as DVDs and VHS tapes. Internet terminals are available for use by the general public. Staffing consists of 66 employees, of whom 14 are fully accredited librarians, plus volunteers. The system comprises one central library and 7 branch libraries, plus 2 bookmobiles. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $600,000. Patrons make 520,000 visits annually, and check out materials 1,000,000 times. Thirty-five percent of all check-outs are children's materials.
Location:
200 West Gregory Street, Pensacola Florida 32501
Telephone
850-436-5060
Other Public Libraries nearby:
(Robertsdale) Baldwin County Library Cooperative, Inc
(Bay Minette) Bay Minette Public Library
(Daphne) Daphne Public Library
(Fairhope) Fairhope Public Library
(Foley) Foley Public Library
(Chickasaw) Ina Pullen Smallwood Memorial Library
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06/08 Coming to The Pensacola area
Ozark Crawdad and Music Festival Ozark AL April20 This family & pet friendly festival is FREE to the public and
features Great Live Music, Wonderful Foods,
Arts & Craft Vendors, Children's Activity Area,
Sonic's Popular Hotdog Eating Contest,
the Crawdad 5k Run, Walk, or Crawl and much more!
Seabreeze Jazz Festival Panama City Beach FL April17-21 The ultimate weekend of smooth jazz comes to Florida's Emerald Coast! The Seabreeze Jazz Festival features the top names in smooth jazz--all coming to the Gulf Place Outdoor Amphitheater just east of Destin.
Musical Echoes Fort Walton Beach FL April19-21 Musical Echoes Flute Festival hosts the largest Native American Flute and Art Festival in the USA. Located on the beautiful Emerald Coast of Fort Walton Beach/Destin Florida, the festival offers a garland of exqusite sights and sounds.
Gulf Coast Charity Horse Show and Music Festival Pama City Beach FL April25-27 The show will be more exciting than ever. Great food and merchandise vendors, music and the greatest breed of horse, the Tennessee Walking horses stepping high performing for you.
Pensacola Repticon Show Pensacola FL April27-28 Features two days of reptile fun, with over 100 tables of top-quality reptiles, amphibians, exotic pets and pet products, hourly seminars and presentations, door prizes sponsored by Exo Terra, and much more!
Pensacola Crawfish Festival Pensacola FL May4-6 The festival is one of the largest crawfish boils in the state and is always held in downtown Pensacola on the beautiful waterfront of Bartram Park. The Pensacola Crawfish Festival brought a little of the Louisiana bayou right here to Pensacola Bay.
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