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The Photographs and Slides series contains images of Library-In-Action (LIA), the Sistrunk Historical Festival, and neighborhoods in Broward County. Photographs in color and black and white display Library-In-Action programs, libraries, Tyrone Bryant and LIA staff, Rock Island Library opening (1980), the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dedication on Sistrunk Boulevard (January 15, 1982), and the Sistrunk Historical Festival in Fort Lauderdale (1983-1984). 35mm slides depict LIA programs, LIA canvassing in neighborhoods, Collier City Library groundbreaking (February 1979), "Roots" with Alex Haley, library buildings, Collier City, Sistrunk and Plantation communities, Sistrunk Park, the Pan African Book Festival at Provident Park, and the Sistrunk Historical Festival (1980). The Slides sub-series includes 1,764 slides.

The Printed Materials series consists of articles, newsletters, newspaper clippings, press releases, poetry, and student publications collected by or about Library-In-Action. The General sub-series include Collier City Library press releases, the Broward County Library Association newsletter, First Annual South Florida Black Film Festival, "Impressions" newsletter for Library-In-Action, Library-In-Action publicity, literacy press releases, newspaper clippings (1976-1990), poems by Mildred Keeve, "Touch" newsletter for Library-In-Action staff, the Tyrone Bryant Library dedication program (1988) and the "My Soul is Witness" book poster (oversized). The Read Campaign Student Publications sub-series contains thirteen short stories written by youth and adult students during the Broward County Library Read Campaign in 1987 and 1989.

The Programming series contains materials related to the programs and events hosted by Library-In-Action. Materials include program flyers, handouts, and programs, curriculum, songs and stories, coloring books, project plans and outlines, and handbooks. Programs conducted by Library-In-Action staff include but are not limited to the Black Heritage Open House and Cooking Contest, Famous Amos, Hair braiding, Pass-It-On, Peer Production Workshop, Project Passport, Adventures in Self Awareness, Alex Haley's visit to Library-In-Action (1980), Athletes Who Dare to Be Great, Homework Assistance, Kwanzaa, Martin Luther King Jr. Literary Arts Competition and Celebration, and the Read Campaign.