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.. 2 <br /> r Library Site Facility History Size in Service Roles <br /> Square Feet <br /> ,,. Center are also used in Center <br /> ■ Partnership between GED classes . <br /> the library system, <br /> United Way Shares a conference room <br /> Foundation of IR with the Center that is <br /> County, and the located next to the library. <br /> .. Gifford Youth <br /> Activity Center, a <br /> non-profit agency <br /> Law Library ■ Located in IR County 3 ,993 SF Special library; focus is <br /> IR County Courthouse, owned reference service related to <br /> Courthouse by County legal information <br /> 200016 1h Ave ■ Opened in current <br /> Vero Beach location in 1995 <br /> TOTAL ALL 809237 <br /> TOTAL PUBLIC 1 76 , 244 <br /> Library Governance and Funding <br /> The Indian River County Library system is a division of the General Services Department of <br /> county government . The library ' s governing body is the Indian River Board of County <br /> Commissioners . They are assisted by the Public Library Advisory Board . <br /> Services are funded from the county ' s general fund , the Florida State Aid to Libraries Program, <br /> .r. grants , and donations . Local funding makes up the great majority of funding although the total <br /> amount in the various revenue categories varies from year to year. <br /> History <br /> The Indian River County Library was established as a county wide system in October 1986 when <br /> two organizations operating public libraries turned their assets over to the county. At that time , <br /> ■. the Board of County Commissioners accepted responsibility for providing public library services <br /> to Indian River County residents . Libraries in the area have a long history, however. Two public <br /> libraries , the Marian Fell Library in Fellsmere and the Woman ' s Club Library in Vero Beach <br /> were founded in 1914 and 1915 respectively . The Woman ' s Club Library eventually became the <br /> Main Library in Vero Beach and the Fellsmere library is still active as a privately operated <br /> children ' s after school service . In the north end of the county, a public library was first formed in <br /> 1981 by the Sebastian River Library Association . This service eventually became the North <br /> Indian River County Library. <br /> rir <br /> .r <br /> Indian River County Library Master Facilities Plan 2005 - 2025 <br /> rr <br />