Brevard County Public Library System

The Brevard County Public Library System is a county department, Library Services, that runs 17 public libraries, among them Titusville, Mims/Scottsmoor, Palm Bay and South Mainland, all on one library card that is free for residents.

Library Services describes itself as giving Brevard residents books, movies, digital resources, learning tools and online databases, along with free Wi-Fi, wireless printing, language learning, financial research tools and technology help (Brevard County Library Services home page). Its administrative office is at 308 Forrest Ave. in Cocoa, phone (321) 633-1801, and its eBook help desk answers at eLibrary@Brev.org. The card page counts 17 library locations (Brevard County library cards page).

The county's library history page lists the 17 libraries in the system alphabetically, from Cape Canaveral to West Melbourne (Brevard County Celebrate 50 Years page):

• Cape Canaveral Public Library
• Catherine Schweinsberg Rood Central Library
• Cocoa Beach Public Library
• Eau Gallie Public Library
• Franklin T. DeGroodt Memorial Library
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Public Library
• Melbourne Public Library
• Melbourne Beach Public Library
• Merritt Island Public Library
• Mims/Scottsmoor Public Library
• Palm Bay Public Library
• Port St. John Public Library
• Satellite Beach Public Library
• South Mainland Public Library
• Suntree/Viera Public Library
• Titusville Public Library
• West Melbourne Public Library

Branch hours and addresses sit in the county's Locations and Hours directory, which links a page for every branch and for the Brevard County Mobile Library, described there as providing outreach services across the county for nearly 50 years (Brevard County Locations and Hours). As one example, the Titusville Public Library at 2121 S. Hopkins Ave. is open Sunday 1 to 5 p.m., Monday and Tuesday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Titusville Public Library page).

A Brevard County library card is free for any county resident and lasts 3 years; adults apply in person at any branch with a photo ID and proof of Brevard County residency.

The Brevard County card page accepts a Florida driver's license or Florida Highway Patrol ID card on its own, or a photo ID together with one of these: a property tax receipt, deed or mortgage; a lease of at least six months; a declaration of domicile and citizenship issued by Brevard County; a vehicle registration with a current Brevard County address; or an active-duty military or dependent ID (Brevard County library cards page). Children under 18 need a parent or legal guardian with them, and that adult must bring a photo ID and proof of Brevard residency and should hold a card in good standing.

An expired or delinquent card loses library privileges in Brevard County. To renew, the card holder visits any branch, shows an accepted ID that proves residency, and has no fines or fees on the account; problems with an account are also settled in person with branch staff (Brevard County library cards page).

Brevard County cardholders can borrow eBooks and eAudiobooks through Overdrive and Libby and Hoopla, and use online resources such as Value Line and LinkedIn Learning; a physical card already gives full access, with no eCard needed.

Brevard County residents 18 or older who do not have a physical card can register online for a free Digital Library eCard; it covers only digital items such as eBooks, eAudiobooks, databases and learning resources, it expires 365 days after it is issued, and it cannot be renewed (Brevard County library cards page). An eCard holder can upgrade to a physical card at any of the 17 locations by bringing accepted proof of residency, and current cardholders already have full access to the electronic collection.

The Library Services home page lists Overdrive and Libby, Beanstack, Hoopla, Value Line and LinkedIn Learning as its vetted online resources, along with Petersons Test Prep for test and career help, Gale Legal Forms, Niche Academy tutorials on the databases and eBooks, Rosetta Stone with more than 30 languages, and Wall Street Journal and Value Line financial tools (Brevard County Library Services). The county lists an eBook help desk at eLibrary@Brev.org.

The Brevard County libraries have changed their email notices for holds and due dates, and the county asks patrons to log in at Discover.MyLibraryWorld.com to check their email address and to add Info@BrevardCountyLibraries.PatronPoint-Mail.com to their approved senders so hold notices do not go to spam; patrons not receiving the emails are asked to contact their local library (Brevard County Library Services notices).

Brevard County branches offer public computers and meeting rooms, and the system's Library of Things lends items such as ukulele kits, birdwatching kits and a seed library, free with a library card.

At the Titusville Public Library, for example, internet PCs are free with a library card and a guest pass costs $1; an ADA accessible PC and free Wi-Fi are available; the Hannemann Rooms A and B each hold up to 100 people and combine into a room for 200; and three study rooms are first come, first served (Titusville Public Library page). Meeting rooms there are booked at (321) 264-5026, and the branch also has a genealogy collection and a grand piano for recitals.

The Library of Things is a Brevard County collection of non-traditional items lent free with a library card, including ukulele kits for adults and children, birdwatching kits and a seed library (Brevard County Library of Things page). Some of these items can be checked out only on adult cards, holds on holdable items are placed through the Discover Catalog, and every item must go back to the library where it was borrowed, at the circulation desk, never through the book drop.

The Catherine Schweinsberg Rood Central Library Genealogy Department and the Brevard County Historical Archives are currently available by appointment only (Brevard County Library Services). For returns in Melbourne, the county notes that the Melbourne Public Library's after-hours book drop is not available due to safety concerns, and it asks patrons to return materials during regular library hours.

The Brevard County system grew from five libraries started by clubs or citizen groups, gained county funding in 1959, became a federated system in 1971 and has been funded by a countywide library tax district since a 1972 vote.

The county's history page says the first five public libraries were started by clubs or citizen groups in Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Eau Gallie, Melbourne and North Brevard in Titusville (Brevard County Celebrate 50 Years page). In 1959 the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners and the cities began using Florida Statute 150 to fund those five libraries, which in return agreed to serve every county resident; the cities paid at least one third of operating costs and supplied the building, and the county paid at most two thirds.

The county page ties the next growth to the population boom from the aerospace program in the 1960s. Merritt Island and Satellite Beach libraries joined, then Cape Canaveral and Meadowlane in 1970, taking the count from five to nine between 1960 and 1970. The Brevard County Federated Library System was set up in 1971, Statute 150 was rescinded, and Brevard County Ordinance 72-1 became the legal authority for countywide library operations; under the federated system, the page says, a borrower's card from any member library is accepted at all the others, and items borrowed from one member library may be returned to any other (Brevard County library history).

On November 7, 1972, Brevard voters approved a countywide Library Tax District that pays the libraries' operating costs up to one mil, and the nine libraries then contracted with the county commission for countywide service; a County Library Board was created the same year to advise on free public library service (Brevard County library history). Last verified: October 21, 2026, by re-reading the Brevard County Library Services home, card, history, Library of Things and Titusville branch pages.

Any of the 17 Brevard County libraries works with the same card, so a resident can use whichever branch is closest and turn to the eLibrary for eBooks and databases.

The county history page says a card from any member library is accepted at every library in the federated Brevard County system and materials can be returned to any member library (Brevard County library history), and the card page says renewals and account problems are handled at any branch (library cards page). The two exceptions on the county pages are Library of Things items, which go back to the library that lent them (Library of Things page), and genealogy research, where the Catherine Schweinsberg Rood Central Library department and the Brevard County Historical Archives take appointments only. Branch programs are listed by library on the county event calendar; when this page was checked, early literacy story times for babies and toddlers were listed at Cape Canaveral, South Mainland, Melbourne Beach, Merritt Island and Titusville (Brevard County Library Services).