Library patrons, your Heartland Library Cooperative library card gets you access to many resources, including Overdrive or Libby. Visit our website, www.myhlc.org, and click on e-books and audiobooks or download the Overdrive or Libby app on your smartphone or tablet. Search for Heartland Library Cooperative. (After logging in, you will see that we are a part of […]
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Even More Online Library Resources by Jennifer McConkey
The public libraries in Highlands County are closed for public health safety, but there are still plenty of free online resources you can use to pass the time. From learning a new hobby to learning a new language, library patrons have access to many online classes, e-books, and audiobooks. RB Digital Recorded Books Digital, or […]
Free Wi-Fi is available in the Highlands County Public Libraries’ parking lots
Free Wi-Fi is available in the Highlands County Public Libraries’ parking lots (Avon Park, Sebring, & Lake Placid). Select the open Wi-Fi and agree to the terms and conditions. For questions, call 863-402-6716.
Using Library Resources During The COVID-19 Closure by JENNIFER McCONKEY
Did you know that you can check out e-books and audiobooks through the public libraries’ website? All three public libraries in Highlands County are closed until further notice for public health safety, but there are still plenty of ways to get new material during this time. Most of the online resources can be found through […]
Highlands County Library Information During Closure
Highlands County patrons, please read for information regarding Highlands County libraries. For more information, call 863-402-6716. We are available to answer your questions, renew materials, and assistance accessing e-resources.
Highlands County Public libraries closed to the public starting tomorrow, Thursday, March 19, 2020.
The Highlands County Public libraries will be closed to the public starting tomorrow, Thursday, March 19, 2020. For questions or renewals, call any of the Highlands County libraries. Outside drop boxes will be NOT available for you to return materials. We will be giving extended checkouts and renewals during time time. Please utilize our e-resources, […]
All Highlands County Public Library events are canceled for the next 30 (thirty) days.
All Highlands County Public Library events are canceled for the next 30 (thirty) days. For more information, call Avon Park Public Library at 863-452-3803, Sebring Public Library at 863-402-6716, and Lake Placid Memorial Library at 863-699-3705 or visit us online at www.myhlc.org.
Spring Concert Event by Krystyl Farmer
Folk music is a genre characterized by the retelling of stories in song form. Often, only acoustic instruments accompany a folk singer but you might also hear spoons, hand-clapping, knee-slapping, and foot-stomping carrying the tune. If you recognize The Kingston Trio, Woody Guthrie, or Kris Kristofferson then you know a couple of folk singers. Traditional […]
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Libraries and free speech by Krystyl Farmer
In China, around 213 BC, there was a mass burning of historical and philosophical texts which was ordered by Emperor Qin Shi Huang. In Germany, 1933, indoctrinated students burned books to eradicate the “un-German spirit.” In 2015, libraries in Mosul, Iraq were burned under the ISIS regime. These are just a few examples of how […]