The Library is owned and operated by the City of Winter Haven in beautiful Central Florida.
CITY OF WINTER HAVEN SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY
Under Florida law, all content on the Department's Facebook page is subject to public records law, Chapter 119, Florida Statutes. By becoming a fan or friend your information will be a matter of public record.
Social Media Posting Policy:
We encourage the public to share thoughts as they relate to the topic being discussed. You are fully responsible for the content of your comments. We welcome your comments, but we expect comments generally to be courteous, follow our rules of decorum, and be related to the posting being discussed.
To that end, we have established the following policy and we reserve the discretion to hide/remove comments that:
contain obscene, indecent, or profane language; contain threats or defamatory statements; are bullying, intimidating, or harassing any user; contain personal attacks; contain hate speech; promote or endorse services or products; suggest or encourage illegal activity; are multiple, repetitive off-topic posts by a single user (spam); are not topically related to the particular posting; or violate a legal ownership interest of any other party. The rules of decorum are in place to encourage civil discourse and to prevent a poster from disrupting dialog in a way that prevents or impedes the accomplishment of the purpose of any of our social media sites including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. Our purpose is to convey important public information, increase our ability to quickly, effectively, and efficiently reach and engage the citizens of Winter Haven to further our mission in creating a preferred place in which to live, work, play, learn and raise a family.
The Winter Haven Public Library provides a place to improve the quality of life for our city’s diverse communities by offering accessible information, ideas, books and technology that enhance and contribute to individual knowledge, enlightenment and enjoyment.
Winter Haven Public Library was founded in 1910, by a group of civic minded young men. Many people helped the library during its early days; Dr. Mary Jewett, the Inman Family, and the Woman’s Club to name a few. The Woman’s Civic League assumed sponsorship of the library in 1915, and in 1952, the City of Winter Haven took over management and daily library operations.
The Winter Haven Public Library has a Library Advisory Board consisting of five members from the local community. These five members meet on the first Tuesday in March, June, September and December at 5 p.m. in the Historical Conference Room at the library.
Books, DVDs, Music CDs, Books on CD, Playaways, Magazines, Overdrive (e-books), Zinio (e-magazines), RBDigital (online courses), Rocket Languages (online), AtoZdatabases (search businesses & people), and Research Databases. Also, computers for public use, computer classes and much more.
