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Dear Community Leader,
We invite you or your representative to participate in a focus group about the best way to meet the information and learning needs of Florida residents and the government and community agencies that serve them.
The Florida Department of State's Division of Library and Information Services receives federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds to be used to help Florida libraries meet the information and learning needs of the residents of Florida. These federal funds are used based on a Five-Year Plan approved by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the federal agency that administers LSTA funds. The purposes of the funding are attached to this invitation.
It is time to evaluate the way we have used LSTA funds in the current plan and to prepare a new plan for the next five years. We would like to invite you or your representative to a focus group that will explore:
- Trends and issues your agency and/or constituency face.
- Ways that Florida's public, school, and college and university libraries might help you meet those needs.
- The role of libraries in modern Florida.
We invite you or your agency's representative to attend one of the following focus groups:
Monday, November 7
Broward County Libraries
Stirling Road Branch
3151 Stirling Road
Hollywood, FL
3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Community Leader Group
Tuesday, November 8
Lee County Library System
South County Regional
21100 Three Oaks Parkway
Estero, FL
3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Community Leader Group
Wednesday, November 9
Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System
SouthShore Regional Public Library
15816 Beth Shields Way
Ruskin, FL
3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Community Leader Group
Thursday, November 10
Orange County Library System
Hiawassee Branch
7391 W. Colonial Dr.
Orlando, FL
3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Community Leader Group
Monday, November 14
Division of Library and Information Services
R.A. Gray Building
500 S. Bronough Street
Tallahassee, FL
Archives Room 1st Floor South
3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Community Leader Group
Wednesday, November 16
Jacksonville Public Library
Southeast Regional
10599 Deerwood Park Blvd
Jacksonville, FL
4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Community Leader Group
RSVP for all locations to Sondra Taylor-Furbee at sondra.furbee@DOS.myflorida.com.
The focus groups will be facilitated by Nancy Bolt & Associates consultants Nancy Bolt and Liz Bishoff.
We hope you will be able to participate in a focus group. We want to base our next Five-Year Plan on the needs of Florida residents and the government and community agencies that serve them. Your opinion is very valuable to us.
Sincerely,
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