The 2020 Board of Directors are:Regina Burgess, PresidentShelley Clark, 1st Vice PresidentSally Mathis, 2nd Vice President (not pictured)Merle Johnson, SecretarySharon Mayberry, TreasuerSean BrosnanKara WootsonJames McCalisterMartha Spiva
Read MoreMatt Greene played at the Bay County Public Library on March 7, 2019.
Read MoreFriends President James McCalister addresses attendees at the 2019 Annual Meeting at the Bay County Public Library.
Read MoreAuthor Jonathan F. Putnam spent an evening at the Bay County Public Library on July 19, 2018.
Read MoreBestselling author Lisa Wingate spoke at the Bay County Public Library on September 20, 2017, for our Books and Bites Luncheon.
Read MoreNational bestselling author A.J. Tata was at the Bay County Public Library on February 6, 2018.
Read MoreLucky Mud performed at the Bay County Library as a part of the Friends of the Bay County Libraries Presents Concert Series.
Read MoreThanks to the Friends of the Bay County Public Libraries, a new 3-D printer was purchased for use by the patrons of the Bay County Public Library.
Read MoreCopper Line Bluegrass performed at the Bay County Public Library as part of the Friends Presents Concert series on September 14, 2018. Many came out and enjoyed the free concert with a good time had by all!
Read MoreKonkrete Soul joined us at the Bay County Public Library for a wonderful evening of music.
Read More"Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one."
"With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one -- but no one at all -- can tell you what to read and when and how."
"When I got my eldest daughter a library card I felt as though I had bought her citizenship of that same fabulous world,"
“Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better.”
“A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or an affection; for it, and it only, is respected by wars and revolutions, and survives them.”
“I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it’s better than college. People should educate themselves — you can get a complete education for no money.”
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"I wanted to thank you for your donation to the library. We recently purchased 2 Dash robots and have scheduled our first program for January 29 & 30. Stephen Efird and I are planning this program, which is for ages 8-11. The children will learn the basic Blockly coding language and will program Dash robots. We are very excited."