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Citrus Libraries Offers Award-Winning “Wild New World Epic Story of Animals and People in America” during Worldwide Digital Book Club

Citrus Libraries Offers Award-Winning “Wild New World: Epic Story of Animals and People in America” during Worldwide Digital Book Club

Sometimes the truth creates the most fascinating tale. Residents of Citrus County can experience this firsthand by reading an award-winning true story about history, nature and science during Big Library Read, the world’s largest digital book club. From May 9-23, Dan Flores’s Wild New World: The Epic Story...

Celebrate National Library Week with Citrus Libraries!

Celebrate National Library Week with Citrus Libraries!

Beginning on Sunday, April 7 and running through Saturday, April 13, libraries across the country will be partaking in the annual celebration of “National Library Week”! This year’s theme “Ready, Set, Library” focuses around the central idea that libraries are the green light for engagement. Community members are encouraged daily...

Citrus Libraries Embarks on Emotional Journey through U.S.-wide Book Club

Citrus Libraries Embarks on Emotional Journey through U.S.-wide Book Club

Booklovers in Citrus County can now join readers from over 16,000 public libraries and colleges across the United States enjoying this year’s Together We Read: US digital book club selection. From February 21 to March 6, Citrus Libraries patrons can read Terah Shelton Harris’s thought-provoking debut novel...

Lights, Cameras, Kanopy!

Lights, Cameras, Kanopy!

Film lovers and movie watchers galore have asked for it; we got it! Starting on Tuesday, January 9, Kanopy PLUS (Public Libraries Unlimited Subscriptions) has officially launched with the new year! Digital streaming has been a long-awaited feature that patrons have been looking forward to experiencing. Each Kanopy PLUS pack...

Coming Soon A Whole new Catalog Experience

A New Catalog Experience Coming Soon!

A whole new user experience for the library’s online catalog will be unveiled on Monday, December 11, 2023 to the Citrus Libraries patrons! These exciting new changes will allow patrons to access the library’s physical and digital materials with a simpler, more intuitive experience. Some of the new features will include: Easy...

History Hour Battle of the Bulge

History Hour: Battle of the Bulge

On the morning of December 16, 1944, more than 200,000 German troops and nearly 1,000 tanks crashed into Allied lines in the Ardennes Forrest. The sudden and concentrated attack was immediately successful in completely surprising Allied forces. The Allies’ reaction was swift and effective. Within a few weeks, the Allies...

Paleoecology Understanding Dinosaur Behavior with Archeologist Jack Blackburn

Paleoecology: Understanding Dinosaur Behavior with Archeologist Jack Blackburn

Dinosaurs have captured the human imagination for years, it doesn’t matter if you’re a kid carry a plastic T-Rex through the museum or an adult watching a velociraptor in the Jurassic Park movies. But how do we know everything we do about these creatures? Understanding animals nobody has ever seen...

The Citrus Libraries “Seed Library” Sprouts at the Central Ridge Library in Beverly Hills

The Citrus Libraries “Seed Library” Sprouts at the Central Ridge Library in Beverly Hills

In April 2022 the Lakes Region branch in Inverness opened the first Seed Library, with our second one launching at the Homosassa branch in July. In November 2022, the Coastal Region branch in Crystal River opened the third Seed Library for Citrus Libraries. Earlier this year, the Friends of the...

Write a Novel this November!

Write a Novel this November!

Have you ever dreamed of writing a novel? There’s no time like the present, and there’s no place like the library! November is National Novel Writing Month, abbreviated NaNoWriMo. Aspiring novelists around the world aspire to write 50,000 words in one month. Whether you’re hoping to hit this goal or...