Education

The library’s collection contains over 50,000 items with print materials, foreign language books and DVDs, reference materials, large print books, audio books, DVDs, and CDs. The collection also includes holographic, virtual reality MERGE Cubes that can be borrowed. The Youth Services collection includes picture books, chapter books, young adult reading materials, LaunchPads, and other materials to promote learning and literacy.

The collection reflects the community's ethnicity, which is primarily African-American, Caribbean and Hispanic. The collection has a cache of 2,000 plus Black-themed books consisting of adult fiction, non-fiction and reference as a distinct section of the library. Black heritage material is available in all media for adults and children; bilingual material is in French and Spanish, and in Creole for children. The Youth Services section has a large collection of books and DVDs for children and teens, informative magazines to enhance reading skills, children-only computer banks, and a special section for Caldecott and Coretta Scott King award-winning books.

Career, Technical, Adult, Community Education

Features a multi-purpose room which seats approximately 75 people is available for branch and community programs. The collection has books, DVDs, CD-ROMs and audiobooks on CD for all ages. The collection also has materials in Spanish and a small juvenile collection in Chinese and in French.

The collection consists of fiction and non-fiction books, large print books, audiobooks, DVDs, music CDs and a small selection of juvenile books and music CDs. In addition to its collection of circulating materials, the Fort Lauderdale Reading Center also provides reference services and public computers. It serves a diverse population of local customers as well as seasonal visitors. The same building houses ArtServe gallery/studios/auditorium and The Stonewall Library & Archives.