News Flash

S.H.I.N.E. Medicare Events

S.H.I.N.E.  (Serving Health Insurance Needs of Elders) is back at the St. Pete Beach Library to provide information and assistance with Medicare and the enrollment process! See below for dates for their Medicare 101 seminars and their Enrollment ...

In Memoriam-Muriel Desloovere

Muriel Desloovere, president of the Friends of the Library the past 12 years, passed away suddenly September 25. This bio was published in 2012 by Phyllis Ruscella, the previous Library Administrator. It has been updated to this year.

Muriel Desloovere is ...

New Service!

The St. Pete Beach Library now offers one more way to access your favorite e-books and e-audiobooks! Finding great titles has never been easier and never worry about losing your library card again: your digital card is displayed in the app! Download cloud...

What?! No fines?

Borrow it, Love it, Return it! Overdue Fine Free!

Beginning October 1, 2021, borrowers who keep library items past their due dates will no longer be charged overdue fines. Existing overdue fines prior to October 1 will be eliminated, however charges for lo...

New Book Club!

A  brand-new book club is starting at the St. Pete Beach Library. In fact, it is cleverly named "The St. Pete Beach Library Book Club!" We do recognize that we need to come up with a better name for the club. We'd love to have ...

Museum Passes are Back!

Thanks to our partnerships with area museums, the Pinellas Public Library Cooperative is happy to offer FREE family admission to the following museums: Museum of Fine Arts, Florida Holocaust Museum, The James Museum of Western &...

Helping YOU start a business!

The City of St. Pete Beach is pleased to announce that the St. Pete Beach Library has partnered with Pinellas County SCORE and the Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber of Commerce to bring an array of free educational resources to local entrepreneurs and business ow...

Puzzles to go!

The library has a large selection of jigsaw puzzles to borrow! No need to have a library card to borrow these and a terrific selection of "honor" books. We're also accepting donations of puzzles if you want to share! 

Kits for Kids!

Check out one of four kits for kids! The themes are art, coding, engineering, and upcycling. Each kit contains a book, an activity, and activity cards with great learning and play opportunities!

S.H.I.N.E. Medicare Assistance

With the Medicare open enrollment period fast approaching, you may have questions. Despite complications caused by the Coronavirus Health Emergency, SHINE, continues to find creative, socially distant solutions to provide local, in-depth, and objective in...

Highlighting the databases!

There is so much you can access from home with your library card! We’re highlighting some of these great databases so that you can have a look around for yourself! 

A to Z Database: Profiles over 30 million U.S. businesses & executives, and ov...

New play (and learning) table!

We’ve got a fun new play table for families! This beautiful touch table has 13 games for different age levels and is a guaranteed winner with the kids. It seems like playtime but also encourages learning colors, numbers, the alphabet, spelling, math and m...

We’re open!

The Library is open at its temporary location at 7470 Gulf Blvd. and we’ve got lots of ways to meet your information and entertainment needs!

Need a new jigsaw puzzle? We’ve got ’em. Need a handful of magazines? Grab some. All done with Netflix? We’ve got ...

We’ve moved!

The Library has moved into its temporary location at 7470 Gulf Blvd! We’re excited to be here and look forward to seeing all of our loyal patrons again! Thanks for all your offers to help move, inquiries regarding opening, and especially for all the times...

Great online resources!

Don’t have a library card but want access to all of our great online content? Apply for a digital library card to be able to use all of our digital content, including ebooks, movies, music, and more! Visit http://www.spblibrary.com/ and click “Get Your Ca...

Highlighting the databases!

Trying to teach the kids but keeping it fun at the same time? Check out these curriculum-based educational videos, songs, games, and other interactives to entertain and educate.

An abundance of caution…

The St. Pete Beach Public Library has closed out of an abundance of caution in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

But patrons can access thousands of digital books, online courses, and magazines 24 hours a day from any internet-connected device (cellphones...

Tax forms at the Library

The tax forms are in. Stop by the Library (still located at 365 73rd Ave.) and pick up forms and instructions.