Click PROGRAMS to see all programs scheduled at the SouthShore Library. Many are funded by the Friends of the Library in cooperation with the Hillsborough County Library Administration...When you join or donate to the Friends, you help make these probrams possible.

To contact the Library - Call 813-273-3652, press zero at the recorded message to get to a "real person", and ask to be connected to the SouthShore Library

To contact the Friends - 813-634-1396

Programs include media, programing, chess and PC gaming. Adult programs include computer education, book clubs, and art. The Genealogical Club also support many activities. Teens have their own activities and area in the library. The library has a very active "pre-school" rogram. Parents  or caregivers attend with each child.     

The possibility for new Friends activities are as limitless as your imagination. As a Friends, you can help the staff create new programs. You can also help the library staff conduct programs for children, teens, adults and seniors.

2012 ANNUAL MEETING:The meeting is scheduled for February 1, 2012 at 3pm. at the SouthShore Regional Library. All SouthShore Friends meetings are open to the public and everyone is welcome. Being part of the Friends gives you a chance to "Have Fun and Help the Library".

We Always Need Books!

(And people to buy the books!) 

Book sales are the Friends primary source of funds to help the library. We depend on individuals and organizations for their generosity. For information on how to donate books, click on Donate Books. 

Why Join the Friends? The Friends organization does for your library what the PTA does for schools and Booster Clubs do for sports  programs. The Friends help the library staff make the library better for everyone. For 2011, the Friends have pledged $35,000 to support special library needs and programs.

Annual dues are $5 for students K through 12, $10 for individuals, $25 for families, clubs, associations and small businesses, $50 for supporting members, $100 for patrons, $500 for benefactors, $750 for lifetime memberships and $1,000 for large corporations. Of course, the Friends would appreciate any donation you choose to make to our 501(C)(3) non-profit organization.

If you would like to have a short presentation about the Friends at your club or organization, or would like additional information, please call Jim Duffy @ 634-1396.

Please mail your name, address, email, etc. to the Treasurer, Friends of the SS Regional Library, 15816 Beth Shields Way, Ruskin, FL 33573. The Friends will only use your peronal information for SouthShore Friends purposes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

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This photo was taken by Mimi Rose on November 9, 2007, one year after the library opened in 2006.  A great view from a great library!

Go to NEWS above for information about the Feastival of Trees. 

BOOK SALE ROOM Be sure to visit the Friends Book Sale Room "just off" the Library lobby. Purchase a book and help the library.  

Did You Know? The SouthShore Library is on the north side of 19th Avenue NE, west of US301 and east of the I75 overpass. The address is 15816 Beth Shields Way, Ruskin, Fl 33570-4903.

The library is about 40,000 square feet and is open seven days a week. Click on "HC Library" on the above main menu for hours of operation.

The library has a large Genealogy Center, about 100 computers, a children’s section, the John Crawford Art Education Center and a variety of meeting and study rooms.

Oh yes......it also has about 100,000 books and media items. The library is a learning center for the SouthShore region of Hillsborough County.

Great SouthShore Links - There are many cultural and fun organizations in South Hillsborough County. Below are the websites for a few. Just click on the RED name below to go to the site:

The SOUTHSHORE ARTS COUNCIL - Everything about the "ARTS" in the SouthShore region. 

The RUSKIN HISTORY PROJECT - In 2008, Ruskin celebrated their 100th anniversary.

CAMP BAYOU - Camp Bayou is a SouthShore treasure due to a large degree to the long efforts of volunteer Dolly Cummings. 

THE PALEONTOLOGY PRESERVE -

In 1983, paleontologist Frank Garcia discovered the world's greatest collection of Pleistocene fossils at the Leisey Shell Pit in southern Hillsborough County. The preserve is at the Camp Bayou. You will be amazed! 

South Bay Genealogical Society - This wonderful group sponsors many programs at the SouthShore Regional Library. Volunteers from the Society spend many hours in the Research Center at the library providing assistance to individuals getting started in their personal geneology searches. Their web site is outstanding! 

Library Hours

Mon – Wed: 10am to 9pm

Thu: 12pm to 8pm

Fri: 10am to 6pm

Sat: 10am to 6pm

Sun: 12:30pm to 5pm  

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