I started going to this library recently and find one of the older…read moreladys upstairs behind the desk rude and lazy.In the 2-3 times Ive asked for help it is a major chore to do anything and she gripesabout everything instead of her doing her job and helping people.Its like she happy sitting on her rear. Travis is everyones go to person. I have asked for help about 4-5 times over time and he is awesome.The guy is always friendly and gets you what ever you need or help with what ever you need help with. I ask that you send grumpy workers to training because its like asking a nun in grammar school for help.Asking a librarian for help should not be a hassle experience...they shopuld be glad to help you with a smile not sarcasm. Sebastian staff is IVY league compared to some here in Vero Beach.

Two stars is maybe a little harsh because it's my first time here, but man does this library kinda…read moresuck. windows are dirty and lights are yellow. Kinda makes the place gloomier. Very condensed but that's not their fault. Just go there You'll see what i'm talking about

This is the historic cracker style home of the poet Laura Jackson Riding . It was moved from its…read moreoriginal location and now stands next to a public library. The house is preserved to look the same way it did when Laura lived here. There is also a replica mailbox library of the house and a garden. It's only open on Saturdays or by appointment. Recommend checking it out wheN you are in the Vero Beach area. The address is 6155 College Lane in Vero Beach.

The Marian Fell Library is a historic building located in Fellsmere Fl. It was built in 1915 and…read moreadded to the US Register of Historic Place in 1996. Marian Fell was the daughter of E. Nelson Fell who founded the town. The Fells left the area in 1898 but Marian never forgot the town and donated the money she made from translating Russian literature to build the library. It is the oldest library in Indian River County. It is a very small building and typical of the type of small town library you would see in small towns during the early part of the twentieth century. I had the chance to visit the library during a historical walking/ paranormal tour with Indian River Hauntings. There has been ghostly activity noted in the building including footsteps in empty rooms, temperature drops, and orbs appearing in photographs. Although I didn't personally experience anything I did love the history of the building.

"Life would be a mistake without music" ---Nietzsche…read more I recently went to South Mainland Library. I thought the books were alright. Music was good yet the DVD collection here blew me away. Kudos for the movie collection of DVDs. Extensive DVD collection that is well curated. This library has probably the most extensive smart selection of DVDs under one roof of any library I have been to in a long while as it has easily the best selection of movies of all 17 branches of the Brevard County Libraries. This would be the library that Roger Ebert would have loved. One favorite part of this library is the Rock Concert DVDs as they had heaps of live concerts from an eclectic range of bands & solo artists. I picked up seven for there was some really good stuff here. Besides DVDs there is a nice quiet reading room w/ comfy chairs. Worth checking out!

A gem in our community! This book store is perfect. The selection, the staff, the location, just…read moreperfect. Thank you!

We are a Hispanic family, and we visited this Book Center, interested in purchasing a few new books…read morefor my kids. From the onset, we were stared at when we walked in rather than being welcomed in. We were followed around the entire time we were there. We were quietly walking around browsing, but it felt awkward the way we were being stared at (and not in a friendly manner) the whole time we were there. Other customers at the store (non-Hispanic) were not being treated this way. Discrimination at its finest, we felt and saw it. We quietly left the store to never return again. We always spend hundreds of dollars every quarter purchasing new books, and not a penny will be spent at this store. The Book Depot nearby was a much more pleasant experience.

Love this place. Good service and great prices. A must try if visiting Sebastian. Breakfast and…read morelunch are very good. They aim to please.

Coffee was watery, espresso burnt, and way too much milk. Terrible for a $5 iced latte. Also only…read morehad like 3 cubes of ice.

So today we had to go to the post office to re-ship a return shipment from Ireland. Today happens…read moreto be Saturday, as you can imagine it was a very very busy when we got there but we waited no more than 5 or 10 minutes and were helped by a very kind gentleman named David. He provided excellent customer service answered all of our questions and helped us out in every way he possibly could. The employees here create a great atmosphere that allows them to keep impatient people happy while going above and beyond to serve their customers. It's truly a pleasure to ship packages from this post office!

Rudest staff I have ever experienced. This is my first and last time I will ever come to this…read morelocation in Sebastian. One started yelling we close at 12, 6 minutes till and continued making comments on how 3 of us were in there. Card reader machines had issues reading, ended up needing assistance which had me there till 12:01. I felt awful, but this is a emergency overnight for someones mother. I sincerely thanked the 2 men, and women, the yelling worker for his help. His responded was I only want to go home. I told him I know, and apologized again. Thankful for the other post office in town, and its helpful, happy staff.

On the campus of Indian River State College you can visit the historic 1910 home of Florida poet…read moreand author Laura Riding Jackson. She was a famous author, critic, poet, and novelist. Laura was born to immigrants on January 16, 1901 in New York City. Her first husband was history graduate student Louis Gottschalk. The couple moved to Kentucky where Laura began to publish her poems in The Fugitive, a literary magazine founded by writers from Vanderbilt University. During this time she began corresponding with an English writer Robert Graves who was also published by the magazine. In 1926 she went to England to work with Graves on his book a Survey of Modern Poetry. That same year her first book of poetry, The Close Chaplet was published. Over the next ten years she published 20 volumes of fiction, essays, and poetry. Laura and Roberts moved to Mallorca and their house became a gathering place of some of the most celebrated writers of the time. The Spanish Civil War caused Laura to return to the United States where she met her next husband Schuyler B. Jackson, a poetry critic for Time magazine. Today Laura Riding Jackson's papers are at her alma mater Cornell and Harvard Universities. In 1968 Laura completed Rational Meaning: A new Foundation for the Definition of Words which she worked on with her husband Schuyler and finished after his death. Laura continued to live in this house until her death on September 2, 1991. The simple but beautiful home is an example of the cracker type of vernacular architecture that was popular in Florida during this time period. The term cracker came from the sound whips would make as pioneers drove cattle. The home was originally built a few miles north of Vero Beach in Wabasso, Florida in a hammock near the railroad tracks. The home features a wide and deep screened in porch with some of the original furniture and lots of oversized windows for cross ventilation to cool the home before air conditioning was a standard feature. Another cooling feature is that the house faces east to catch ocean breezes. The oldest part of the house is the center portion made of Florida pine. In the 1950's Jacksons later added the North bedroom and bathroom and installed indoor plumbing. The second floor of this house was used as a guest room. Laura's bedroom is in the front of the house off of the sitting room where you can see the remains of her personal library. Many of her belongings are still in the room. Like all cracker homes, this house has a tin roof that was pitched so the rain could run off. Today the house is propped off the ground on cinder blocks but when it was built it sat on wood logs. This helped the air to circulate under the house cooling it. Chickens could get protection in this area and when the floor was swept the dirt would fall through the area where the floorboards came together, allowing it to escape from the house. Until 1989, Laura lived in the home without electricity. She relied on kerosene for heat and light and propane for cooking. In the back of the house is a pole barn that was part of the Jackson's organic citrus business. Here they would pack fruit and send it by train up north to their clients. Today it a welcoming area to enjoy a picnic lunch or the area can be reserved by groups. Surrounding the barn is a garden. The home is registered as a Friends of the Library USA National Literary Landmark and is listed on the Florida Literary Map. After Laura Riding Jackson passed away in 1991, a group of individuals created the non-profit Laura (Riding) Jackson Home Preservation Foundation to save the home because of its important connection to literature, history, architecture, and the environment. On August 9, 1994 this home was moved to the Environmental Learning Center. After they decided they wanted to use the land for something else, Indian River State College stepped up and donated the land the house now sits on. On July 14, 2019 the home was moved to it's current location on the Mueller Campus. The Foundation raises the funds to preserve the home. One way they do this is by opening for public tours and requesting a $5 donation. This year the house is open for tours from November through April each year on the second Sunday of each month from 1pm-5pm and every Tuesday from 1pm-5pm. You can also arrange for private tours from the foundation. As a fan of famous literary writers, history, and architecture I really enjoyed my visit to this historical landmark. It is the little touches like the cans in the kitchen cabinet or seeing Laura's actual slippers laid out in front of her bed that make you feel like you stepped back in time.