Projects

Our Projects

Our teams work with organizations throughout the Tampa Bay area to deliver our services to diverse populations targeting each groups identified needs. 

Morton Plant Pediatric Recovery Library

In 2019, a project team established the Morton Plant Pediatric Library (MPPL) at the Morton Plant North Bay Hospital Recovery Center, a 72-bed, co-ed facility and the only freestanding psychiatric hospital in Pasco County, FL. The project is using a framework of responsive librarianship, a data-driven research scheme dedicated to the delivery of personalized library services in response to an individual's mental health concern. Librarians provide reference services and group programming for residents at the facility. 

DACCO Women’s Rehab Library

With funding from LSTA and IMLS grants, the iSchool Responsive Librarianship Lab (RLL) initiative designed a therapeutic library for the women residents of the Drug Abuse Comprehensive Coordinating Office, Inc. (DACCO) facility in Tampa, Florida.  Reference services are available to help the residents with information about their treatment, job searching, and skills development. Health literacy and bibliotherapy support are also major functions of the library. 

Story Strong- Libraries Build Communities

The Libraries Build Communities initiative is our grant-funded collaboration with the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library, Pasco County Public Library Cooperative, and the Temple Terrace Public Library designed to deliver therapeutic reading services together with community-based programming. Service delivery began in February 2021.

We offer weekly programs in collaboration with our community partners to help improve the lives of those who live in our community. Our services are delivered through evidence-based reading lists, online book clubs, and community-based library programming.