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North Port Public Library is located in North Port, Sarasota County,Florida.

History
The building where the original North Port library was housed in was constructed in 1963, with the library occupying 3,533 square feet. The North Port library was founded by the Friends of the North Port Area Library, a group associated with the North Port Women's Club. The origianal building was converted into a library in 1974 and the facility leased by the county until 1989 when it came under full ownership of Sarasota County.

In 1993 the original library was demolished and a new 12,400 square feet library was built. The new library building "was the first project built with the one-cent sales tax passed by the citizens of Sarasota County for capital improvements". To help support the new library building, the Friends of the Library Enhancement Fund Task Force raised $200,000 following the expansion.

In 2005, the library expanded by 7,200 to the current building's 19,600 square feet construction. The new features included in the expansion were a computer lab, a larger children's area, a larger meeting room, and a small bookstore for the Friends of the Library.

Today
The North Port library offers many events and services for the public: computer classes, children's storytimes, lectures, book clubs, guest performers, and special events.

Summer Reading Program
North Port library gives a summer reading program for the youth, reading tons of books, keeping track winning fun prizes in the end. In addition, the program offers shows, crafts, dancing and explorations of science, technology and archaeology, lots of fun for kids as they read.

Disaster relief volunteer training
North Port Library also provides volunteerng training for disaster relief, these trainees will be trained to help clean up or assist with recovery after a disaster, such as a hurricane, hits. They help prepare with evacuation routes and shelters.

An 1800s Christmas
Arts and crafts from the 1800s like "husk dolls, angels made from handkerchiefs and raffia, walnut babies and murals made with potato stamps"

Digital Learning Lab
The North Port Library has partnered with the Education Foundation of Sarasota County and the TeXcellence Program to provide a digital learning lab of 30 laptops for use by students (K-12) in the library.