Florida Public Library Directors Meeting
Inspirational speaker Patti Dobrowolski helped the 2024 Directors Meeting illustrate their desired new reality
About the meeting
This meeting provides an opportunity for public library directors and leaders from across the state to:
- Receive updates from statewide leaders on current issues.
- Gain new insights and skills from library community contemporaries.
- Network with colleagues.
- Share best practices.
- Recognize outstanding programs and leaders.
We invite all Florida public library directors and administrative heads, multitype library cooperative executive directors and special guests to attend this meeting.
Our 2024 Directors Meeting group photo
2025 meeting
The meeting will be held in person on December 9 - 10, 2025, in Tallahassee, Florida at the Augustus B. Turnbull III Florida State Conference Center. There will also be an option to attend the meeting virtually.
Agenda and Registration
- Preliminary Agenda (PDF)
- Registration is by invitation only.
- Registration deadline is Friday, November 14, 2025, at 5 p.m. Eastern.
Please note: Each attendee will need to make and pay for their own hotel accommodations. Further information on accommodation options will be included in your registration invitation.
2024 meeting
The meeting was held in-person in Tallahassee on December 11 and 12, 2024.
Agenda and handouts from the meeting
Keynote speaker
- See live illustrator and inspirational speaker Patti Dobrowolski's work on her website.
- View her presentation (PDF).
- Download her Draw Your Future handout (PDF).
Partner presentations
- Friends of the State Library and Archives of Florida (PDF)
- Dementia-Friendly Library Opportunities: Elder Affairs (PDF)
- Sunshine State Digital Network (PDF)
- SEFLIN Library Step UP (PDF)
The Library Has What!?
- The Florida Bureau of Braille and Talking Book Library Services (PDF)
- North Miami Beach Library Community Impact (PDF)
- Storytelling, Marion County Public Library System (PDF)
- Social Workers in Libraries: Pedal Forward Project, Volusia County (PDF)
- Short Story Machine at the Palm Harbor Library (PDF)
- Paranormal Activity Bundle, Martin County Public Library System (PDF)
- Trick or Treat Story Walk and Library Animals, Wakulla County (PDF)
Past Directors meetings
Review agendas and other documents from past Directors Meetings.
Contact us
For more information about the Florida Public Library Directors Meeting, contact us at 850.245.6603.
Participants networking during a break from the 2021 online/in-person hybrid meeting.
