If your local library is unavailable to answer live chat, your question will be routed to another Florida library for assistance.
Email and SMS questions will be answered locally. Live chat with a Florida Librarian is available from 10am to 10pm ET Monday through Thursday
and 10am to 5pm ET Friday through Sunday.
Ask a Librarian is Florida's Virtual Reference Service
Find out more about Ask a LibrarianOver 100 academic, cooperative, K-12, public, and special libraries are members
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About Ask a Librarian
Ask a Librarian is administered by the Tampa Bay Library Consortium and provides Florida residents with virtual reference services through live chat, text messaging, and email.
Live chat with a Florida librarian is available from 10am to 10pm ET Monday through Thursday and 10am to 5pm ET Friday through Sunday.
Email is available to patrons 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and email questions are answered by the user’s local library.
The service’s slogan, “The Human Search Engine,” says it all. Ask a Librarian maximizes valuable staff time and resources by sharing reference services among participating libraries throughout Florida.
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