New Tampa Regional Library

On this day in 1997, the New Tampa Regional Library was dedicated! Located at 10001 Cross Creek Boulevard, the 25,000-square-foot building is situated next to a small lake and a wooded area to the south, offering a panoramic view of a natural Florida habitat. The Jeri Zelinski Community Room, named in honor of the woman who worked tirelessly to bring a library to the New Tampa community, was dedicated posthumously on September 25, 2004. Zelinski, a retired librarian, led petition drives, formed alliances, and prodded developers to donate land for the library.

Check out more of our expansive history in Hillsborough County in our Library History Collection. Look through the collection at DigitalCollections.HCPLC.org.

Relax and socialize with us while we color in designs, make a calming bottle, create collage art cards, or have fun with invisible ink at our libraries next week.

Join us for these events and discover more at HCPLC.org/Events.

Plan on flying out of the country any time soon from Tampa International Airport? Make sure you have a valid up-to-date passport before you make your travel plans. The library has four locations which accept applications for new adult and juvenile passports. You can find more information at HCPLC.org/Passport.

[Image: All of Tampa International Airport Administration Building: Tampa, Fla., (1952) Burgert Brothers Photographic Collection, PA 15235]

National Geographic Kids offers an online version of the popular magazine, digital copies of their books, and educational videos at the click of a button.

Check out this post from Maria, one of our Social Media Interns, highlighting this valuable resource.

Get started at HCPLC.org/Kids.

We love bringing the joys of literacy and the fun of learning with our resources and programs. Here's what a local parent had to say about their child's experience with the library:

"Venba loves to visit the library and attend the programs that is offered. She loves to choose and read the books from the wonderful collection. One of the best place to visit and spend reading time during school holidays."

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Access a digital reference collection across a number of subjects with Gale ebooks - available with no wait.

Check out this post from Harith, one of our Social Media Interns, highlighting this valuable resource.

Get started at HCPLC.org/research/AtoZ

The following Story Time program has been cancelled at the New Tampa Regional Library:

• Bilingual Story Time - Thursday, January 29 at 11 a.m.

Attend a program at a different location: HCPLC.org/StoryTime
Access programs on-demand from anywhere: YouTube.com/TampaHillsLib

The following Story Time programs have been cancelled at the New Tampa Regional Library:

• Baby Time - Wednesday, January 28 at 10:15 a.m. & 11 a.m.

Attend a program at a different location: HCPLC.org/StoryTime
Access programs on-demand from anywhere: YouTube.com/TampaHillsLib

Newcomers to crochet at our recent "How To Crochet" program at the New Tampa Regional Library got hooked on the yarn heavy craft as they learned the basics while laughing and having fun.

Discover more educational and entertaining programs at HCPLC.org/Events.

The following Story Time program has been cancelled at the New Tampa Regional Library:

• Bilingual Story Time - Thursday, January 22 at 11 a.m.

Attend a program at a different location: HCPLC.org/StoryTime
Access programs on-demand from anywhere: YouTube.com/TampaHillsLib