The Plum Creek Library System (PCLS) is a federated regional public library system of

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throughout southwestern

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, United States. PCLS coordinates delivery, interlibrary loan, automation, cataloging, cooperative purchasing and other services to 26 member public libraries in 9

counties A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...

. 13 school libraries contract for delivery, automation, and cataloging services through PCLS. Each library is locally controlled. The region was the setting of Laura Ingalls Wilder's book “On the Banks of Plum Creek” from which it takes its name.

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Minnesota Council of Regional Public Library Systems
web site
Plum Creek Library System
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